BT HomeHub 8mb/s/ Utorrent poor speed, really poor

PeterB · 12 Apr 2007 at 11:15

Hi,
I have a weird problem with µTorrent, it seems to be capped at 30kb/s.

I've checked all the settings and none seem to be set to cap the downloads so i havent got a clue.

I've even changed the port on the router and within µTorrent to see if it was that but still no difference. I have the green sign , and it's mean port work fine. Previous router Bt voyager 2091 works the same...still really poor speed.

At night max 150 kb/s , during the day max 50 kb/s.Also i switched on encryption.

Is this normal? Maybe I must change client (torrent)? :confused:

Windle · 12 Apr 2007 at 11:32

Don't BT shape torrent ports?

PeterB · 12 Apr 2007 at 11:34

I don't know :confused:

AdladUK · 12 Apr 2007 at 12:02

BT completely throttles BitTorrent traffic during the day.

To my knowledge there's nothing you can do about either

Mook · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:22

Tried changing to a higher port (eg 60001) and turning on encryption in your client. Might help confuse BT.

PeterB · 12 Apr 2007 at 13:30

maybe it helps just now i use port 55400 i'll check later on.thanks

david334 · 12 Apr 2007 at 14:52

Trow the homehub away tbh what a load of ***** :rolleyes:

AdladUK · 12 Apr 2007 at 22:30

david334 said:
Trow the homehub away tbh what a load of *****

What does that have to do with poor BitTorrent speeds?

Doesn't matter what router you use, BT will still throttle your traffic from its source...

AdladUK · 12 Apr 2007 at 22:30

Mook said:
Tried changing to a higher port (eg 60001) and turning on encryption in your client. Might help confuse BT.

That doesn't work anymore, they got wise to the whole encryption thing.

david334 · 13 Apr 2007 at 08:15

AdladUK said:
What does that have to do with poor BitTorrent speeds?

Doesn't matter what router you use, BT will still throttle your traffic from its source...

I have a linksys wag354g on the BT option 3 i was one of the customers who got the offer to go from option for to option3 with no cap

Get get 800 KB/s Down all trough the day

My bt homehub is collecting dust undernigh my bed 'cos its a load of *****

AdladUK · 13 Apr 2007 at 14:58

david334 said:
I have a linksys wag354g on the BT option 3 i was one of the customers who got the offer to go from option for to option3 with no cap

Get get 800 KB/s Down all trough the day

My bt homehub is collecting dust undernigh my bed 'cos its a load of *****

So you get full speed downloads even on BitTorrent during the day?

lemonkettaz · 13 Apr 2007 at 15:00

BTHomeHub... rubbish..

i get 20/30k on 8mb.. even though its not my internet so i dont care

kola · 13 Apr 2007 at 22:34

my torrents average 10k at night :mad:

during the day 300k lol makes no sense

AdladUK · 13 Apr 2007 at 23:01

kola said:
my torrents average 10k at night during the day 300k lol makes no sense

Yeah that makes no sense at all.

For me during the day torrents are slow. During the night they go super fast and max out my connection

barrymacp · 15 Apr 2007 at 13:36

I noticed i went from a bt homehub to linksys router and got 2mb extra

JaFFa · 15 Apr 2007 at 14:34

david334 said:
I have a linksys wag354g on the BT option 3 i was one of the customers who got the offer to go from option for to option3 with no cap

Get get 800 KB/s Down all trough the day

My bt homehub is collecting dust undernigh my bed 'cos its a load of *****

at home im on option 3 with no cap too, it doesnt ever throttle.

When I got back home we were on option 4 and it connected at 7mb but worked at 1mb all the time regardless of what was being downloaded. I switched it to option 3 ( at the cost of another 12 month contract) and got sent another hub ( third one!) and in a few days time it switched over. From then on IO was getting perfect seeds day and night on torrents, usenet and normal http large file traffic. I was pretty impressed, and quite relieved.