Ridiculously slow utorrent speeds

mufcmark

mufcmark

mufcmark

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I'm currently downloading a torrent but the speed it is downloading at is only 2kB/s and uploading about the same.

I have 93 seeds and 9 peers so I don't see what the problem is. The port is open so there should be no problem.

I have 20mb bt infinity so I should at least be getting 100kB/s.

Any suggestions to improve the download speed?.
 
What SSL newsgroup client do you recommend?

Don't mind throwing in a few quid if it's multi-OS (looking at setting up a Linux box with FreeNAS)

(Sorry for piggy backing)
 
mufcmark said:
I'm currently downloading a torrent but the speed it is downloading at is only 2kB/s and uploading about the same.

I have 93 seeds and 9 peers so I don't see what the problem is. The port is open so there should be no problem.

I have 20mb bt infinity so I should at least be getting 100kB/s.

Any suggestions to improve the download speed?.
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BT throttle all P2P ports/traffic from the hours of 7pm-11pm. :(
 
Syncopated said:
BT throttle all P2P ports/traffic from the hours of 7pm-11pm. :(
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Vpn.

Isps don't throttle them because its all 2omgz illegalz", they throttle them because the amount of connections becomes a nightmare to manage with reasonable timeouts across thousands of users. Vpns not only solve this (i.e. increase speed) then also provide genuine privacy.

Still, newsgroups cost the same for essentially the same service.
 
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Bethere internet do not throttle speeds. they use a LLU and there own equipment. i changed from sky to them. sky told me i wouldnt get any better speed with it still being a bt line. bethere told me of course i will. my download speed jumped from 7 meg to 18. upload jumped from half a meg to 2.3. no throttling during peak hours with these. Been with them a month, superb isp. Jusy an idea if you wanted to change.
 
Frapple said:
What SSL newsgroup client do you recommend?

Don't mind throwing in a few quid if it's multi-OS (looking at setting up a Linux box with FreeNAS)

(Sorry for piggy backing)
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SABnzbd is the best there is. multi-platform too :)

it's also free.
 
Just went to cancel newsdemon subscription to go to Astraweb.

Got offered Unlimited Plus for $8/month.

Unlimited Plus
Unlimited Speed • 50 SSL connections
+ 910+ days binary retention
+ 1,265 days text retention
+ 99% completion rate
+ 30GB Online Storage

Setting up 30gb storage for music folder now, hopefully I can use it to sync between laptop & PC.
 
Robbie G said:
Decent newsgroups are subscription-based aren't they? People obviously think it's well worth the subs then...?
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with premium newsgroup servers, i've never failed to max a connection, and there's no chance of being caught downloading potentially copyrighted material because the connection between you and the server is simply point-to-point (no hundreds of other peers listening in) and can be encrypted by SSL. Additionally, popular newsgroup providers automatically wipe download logs very frequently.

i'm serious about maxing my connection by the way, on Astraweb last year i got download speeds of 12.7MB/s when i hooked my laptop up directly to the universities ethernet (was only on 100BASE-TX at the time)

bandwidth saturation of 100% on fast-ethernet? bliss!
 
I think virgin throttle now though they say they rarely do. I've not had my 50mb speed on any torrents for a few weeks now.
 
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