Increasing d/l speed

[bradfincham]

We have 20mb broadband and when i download torrents the maximum i get is 30 kb/s.

When downloading a programme or something lik quicktime its done in seconds.

Why do torrents download so bloody slowly.

 

[biojo]

look at the torrent to see if there are loads of seeds for it , also check firewall settings to see if theres somet there , i know my spi on router was slowing mine down

 

[Daz]

Because they're traffic shaped probably.

Torrents use massive amounts of bandwidth up, hence ISPs limiting them right down to unusable levels.

 

[bradfincham]

I dont really want to turn my firewall of as were on wireless and theres heaps of students here that attempt to connect to other peoples.

I use utorrent and yes that has many seeds is that good or bad?

 

[Day]

Have you setup port forwarding on your router?

You sound like you are on 20mb Virgin Cable, remember we're traffic shaped in the evening. During non peak times you should see a vast improvement. 250 kb/s at least, more on popular torrents.

 

[Chrisjk]

Also alot of other people like to upload at a stupidly small rate wheras they put no speed limiter on the downloading.

 

[stinka]

Have you setup port forwarding on your router?

You sound like you are on 20mb Virgin Cable, remember we're traffic shaped in the evening. During non peak times you should see a vast improvement. 250 kb/s at least, more on popular torrents.

this man knows what hes on about

you need to port forward vour router and set the port for your d/l client up in your router settings page

can i recommend using bit lord and going on their forum and using the guide to setup port forwarding for bit lord

 

[Lagerlout]

Newsgroups FTW!

Torrents are gay!

 

[bradfincham]

cheers guys il have a look later!

And yes its 20mb cable

 

[wozzaa]

Enable encryption in your client as well.

 

[Day]

Newsgroups are for g33ks!

 

[Longy]

I get the same problem on torrent's. Tried everything including encryption but I still get a max of about 30kb/s if i'm lucky! all my ports are good tried different cap limits on the upload aswell as unlimited which can choke your connection. I'm on upto 8mb ADSL (acutal speed is 7). Even tested it on legit torrents like openoffice which has loads of seeds.

 

[Anonymous]

Rapidshare and Cryptload ftw..........I get 900kb/s downloads all day long on 8mb connection

 

[Rasclart]

Newsgroups are for g33ks!

Pfffffffffttt Newsgroups defo for the win. Only when downloading LEGAL materials though Day

 

[Dan 172]

I'm signed up with a 8MB broadband, but it's actually 4MB tops on my area.

I still see 200 - 250kb/s.

 

[oska]

I'm on Virgin and only 2MB but I can get up to about 200kb/s down but only about 30kb/s on upload. I does depend on what you're connected to.
I use a certain music site that archives all dance music radio shows and dj mixes. I normally average between 30-50kb/s but if it is a popular like an Essential Mix it can shoot up to 200kb/s. Also a lot of US/Canadian users have big pipes so when they are connected it noticebly improves, especially at night.

 

[thecremeegg]

I rarely get torrents above 150kb, with ports forwarded etc, hence why i use newsgroups for demos etc - downloads at 2mb/s