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Topsite Synonyms: site Terminology | Dictionary | Explanation  Sites or topsites are the servers of the scene. These sites have very fast internet connections. 100mbit is considered the minimum, 1 gbit very good, and anything higher
pretty damn good. The sites have huge hard drives. 500GB would probably be the minimum, and they can get up to dozens of terabytes.
These sites are often hosted at schools, universities, people's work, datacenters, and more and more at people's homes since more and more consumers can get fibreglass connections at home. Also certain countries have the preference. The Netherlands and Germany have fast internet connections, and are located in the centre of Europe. Sweden also has a lot of fast connections, but in Sweden these are also very cheap. These sites are referred to as being legit. This means that the
owner of the computer knows that they are
there and being run, which is the opposite of pubstro's. Fast connections mean a
lot to some people. If you have access to a
100mbit line (and are willing to run a site there), there are people who would quite
happily pay for and have a computer shipped
to you just for hosting a site that they will
make absolutely no profit from.
Commercial use of site access is not something common, most people do it just for fun, not to make money. Standard site software are programs such as GlFTPd and DrFTPd.
As well as running FTPD, the sites run an
eggdrop bot with various scripts installed. The
bot will make an announcement in an IRC channel when a directory is created when an upload is completed. . It will also give race information, since just like on fxp boards, the site traders try to send a release as quickly as possible to another site. That way he will earn credits. The more credits, the more he can download. The speed between topsites can reach about 100 MBps.
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