hi there,
as my title says really i have been put on ratio watch. i dont really understand what this means and what i have to do. do i have to upload programes or something? how on earth would i do this.
please help

I haven't the foggiest idea what you are talking about - perhaps someone else does?

me too,my brain hurts .

well thanks for taking part anyway, i am sure there are some users of the box that will be able to help me out!

What box are you talking about? Have you tried posting this in the Lab? That section is full of nerds who would be all too happy to help if it's a tech problem.

I'm bored so i typed 'ratio watch on the box' in to google, second one down may answer your question, pretty easy to find

are you downloading through download sites, if so, it means that you are downloading a lot more than you are uploading, many of the sites expect you to upload at least 70% of what you download, otherwise you get classed as a 'hit and runner' they are warning you to keep uploading, preferably till you have uploaded the same as you have downloaded for each item. I do have to point out that downloading films, CDs, games and other copyrighted material is illegal, and you shouldn't be doing it at all.

As the man above said What you need to do is keep your connections running so that people access your files or you can buy download data. I sometimes do this as I'm on wireless with a 4 GB limit and can't upload as much as I download.

In the rules for thebox it says "A fair ratio to keep is 1.0 - meaning that you have uploaded as much as you have downloaded. Low ratios will result in severe consequences, including banning in extreme cases. "
and
"You must have legal rights to the file you are uploading."

Main reason I don't use torrent sites to download my copyright infringing pirated television programmes. Newsgroups all the way.

If you are a member of thebox read the rules, it is very easy to keep your ratio up on thebox as every body wants coronation st and emmerdale which are free to download but you get credited with the upload

Not the torrent sites that are illegal. it's the downloads, so they would still be illegal from newsgroups.

I love copyright infrigement. Makes me smile every time. Even though its wrong wrong wrong

Look here
http://thebox.bz/ratio.php

Rules are very straight forward, always look at the up arrow , if hundreds are uploading you will get some benefit unless your connection is below ADSL2 . If you only upload low use files your ratio will never improve.

Wasn't suggesting they weren't.