why am I downloading data although bittorrent says DL rate is 0 KB/s and UpL

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kobeiso

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rate other than zero? program says there is no download and people uploading from me but my download quota is incresing. What is the reason? I think, due to that, I am downloading much more data than the file I wanted. am I right?
 
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pete_can_do

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you always download a bit more as the actual filesize. This is because of the way torrents are setup: the file is "chopped" into chunks. So your torrent client is checking with other torrent clients as to what (parts of) chunks they might have that you don't have yet. That exchange of information can be seen in your up/download statistics.
 
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