Posted by Sean Black on 01/04/07 13:56

In article <pzbmh.6670$RL5.3697@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net>, Mark Whiteley
<mark.whiteley53@ntlworld.com> writes
>Hi all,
>
>may not be the corect newsgroup sorry in advance....
>
>I am using bittorrent, i have a 2mb internet conection with my cable
>provider.
>
>I can download at 250kbs over http(standard web downloads, i think) which i
>think is about right for my connection. However I have started using
>bittorrent I only achieve max 40kb/s.
>
>I have tried all the geneal tips like increasing the tcp/ip stack to allow
>for 100conections ect.. but i still don' get any downloads over 40kb/s
>
>Is this the maximum speed to be expected using public trackers?
>
>Is bittorrent the fatest program using this protocol? or is for example,
>bitlord faster.
>
>Could you let me know what speeds ur all reachin usin torrent software with
>similer net connection so i can compare?
>
>I would have expected the 250/kbs, making it at least as fast as general web
>downloads, maybe i'm just hopin for too much!!
>
>Any help or comparrisions?
>
Maybe your ISP is throttling it. What BT client are you using? If you
haven't already try Azeurus or Utorrent, both of which allow encryption.
My ISP started throttling torrents, overnight it went down to 20kb/s, I
switched to utorrent and turned on encryption and I'm back up to full
speed of around 150-160kb/s on my 1.5mb connection.
--
Sean Black

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