Talking about torrents...

No matter what torrent I select, even well seeded ones like SUSE, I can't
seem to manage to get a decent d/load speed. Certainly this wasn't always
the case and I have obtained 300kB/s before. Now it's only 22kB/s.
Does anyone have, or know of, a torrent test that is known to provide a good
speed?
Ta.

Grumps wrote:
> No matter what torrent I select, even well seeded ones like SUSE, I can't
> seem to manage to get a decent d/load speed. Certainly this wasn't always
> the case and I have obtained 300kB/s before. Now it's only 22kB/s.
> Does anyone have, or know of, a torrent test that is known to provide a good
> speed?
> Ta.
>
>

Have you done the appropriate port forwarding?

John.

Grumps wrote:
> No matter what torrent I select, even well seeded ones like SUSE, I can't
> seem to manage to get a decent d/load speed. Certainly this wasn't always
> the case and I have obtained 300kB/s before. Now it's only 22kB/s.
> Does anyone have, or know of, a torrent test that is known to provide a good
> speed?

What ISP do you use?

"Me" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Grumps wrote:
>> No matter what torrent I select, even well seeded ones like SUSE, I can't
>> seem to manage to get a decent d/load speed. Certainly this wasn't always
>> the case and I have obtained 300kB/s before. Now it's only 22kB/s.
>> Does anyone have, or know of, a torrent test that is known to provide a
>> good speed?
>> Ta.
>>
>>
>
> Have you done the appropriate port forwarding?

Yes. There is no change to the router setup.

"Loz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:erig0r$saq$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Grumps wrote:
>> No matter what torrent I select, even well seeded ones like SUSE, I can't
>> seem to manage to get a decent d/load speed. Certainly this wasn't always
>> the case and I have obtained 300kB/s before. Now it's only 22kB/s.
>> Does anyone have, or know of, a torrent test that is known to provide a
>> good speed?
>
> What ISP do you use?

Nildram (Pipex).

On 21-Feb-2007, "Grumps" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> No matter what torrent I select, even well seeded ones like SUSE, I can't
> seem to manage to get a decent d/load speed. Certainly this wasn't always
> the case and I have obtained 300kB/s before. Now it's only 22kB/s.
> Does anyone have, or know of, a torrent test that is known to provide a good
> speed?

Is it time of day sensitive, does it pick up speed in
The Wee Small Hours?
My experience is that ISP's tend to traffic shape P2P
If they traffic shape role player on-line gameing, streaming
video, voice over IP, people notice, then complain, or ask for
a MAC code, so ISP's go for a soft target like P2P.
The mindset of many ISP's is that P2P users are all
downloading pirated stuff.

> Does anyone have, or know of, a torrent test that is known to provide a good
> speed?

The problem, is there one that tests using a specific port?

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>
> On 21-Feb-2007, "Grumps" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> No matter what torrent I select, even well seeded ones like SUSE, I can't
>> seem to manage to get a decent d/load speed. Certainly this wasn't always
>> the case and I have obtained 300kB/s before. Now it's only 22kB/s.
>> Does anyone have, or know of, a torrent test that is known to provide a
>> good
>> speed?
>
> Is it time of day sensitive, does it pick up speed in
> The Wee Small Hours?

Nope. It's slow all of the time.

Grumps wrote:
> "Loz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:erig0r$saq$(E-Mail Removed)...

>> What ISP do you use?
>
> Nildram (Pipex).

Does anyone know if they traffic shape?
A lot of people have been saying that their centrals are overloaded at
the moment, what do you get from http://www.speedtest.net/ ?

"Loz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:eriifh$2m3$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Grumps wrote:
>> "Loz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:erig0r$saq$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>> What ISP do you use?
>>
>> Nildram (Pipex).
>
> Does anyone know if they traffic shape?

I have just asked them that specific question. Not hopeful about a specific
reply though.

> A lot of people have been saying that their centrals are overloaded at the
> moment, what do you get from http://www.speedtest.net/ ?

5203 down, 282 up. Which seems to be quite normal for everything except P2P.

Grumps wrote:
> 5203 down, 282 up. Which seems to be quite normal for everything except P2P.

Yes, that's not too bad.
I'd suspect traffic shaping of torrents. In utorrent you can see the
speed of other peers in the swarm, I'm not sure about other torrent
clients - it might be worth looking at.

I find torrents generally quite quick - although it's all dependent on
how well seeded they are, along with how many people are grabbing the
file and then disconnecting straight away, as this will slow the average
speed of the swarm down.