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> but rather that broadband penetration in the States ramped up really quickly at about the same time Bittorrent came onto the scene

Not only this, but prices for cheap virtual servers dropped like a rock, meaning that many more people could afford them or seedbox providers using them. Not many people running eMule or similar on a 100mbit or gigabit pipe.



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