grooveless touque wrote:Chris...I disconnected the stupid router because it was absolutely ruining torrents for me. Now I'm hooked straight into the cable box getting 15-25 k/s on my good torrent. I'm getting 9-10 on the other one. Are these considered "high download rates"? What's normal? I did a quick calculation - total speed 450k divided by the 34 peers I am connected to - and it looks like the average speed is 13.23 k/s... so I am assuming I'm above average (on the good torrent) unless I read something wrong.
That is a fairly slow speed. I've had well over 100k/s sustained for many torrents. But that may be a slow torrent. Torrents also tend to gain speed as more people get more of the show. (If there are 34 peers each with only 10% it will be slower than 34 peers with 70%.)
Check your hardware configuration, and if you have some sort of personal firewall setup. There are loads of great FAQs on the net with details of how to configure a firewall for the most speed out of a BT download.
grooveless touque wrote:Chris...I disconnected the stupid router because it was absolutely ruining torrents for me. Now I'm hooked straight into the cable box getting 15-25 k/s on my good torrent. I'm getting 9-10 on the other one. Are these considered "high download rates"? What's normal? I did a quick calculation - total speed 450k divided by the 34 peers I am connected to - and it looks like the average speed is 13.23 k/s... so I am assuming I'm above average (on the good torrent) unless I read something wrong.
For the Darien Lake torrent, I was pushing 200kb/s, which isn't typical for me. If I can get 50-80kb/s I am doing alright.
what! I have NEVER gotten speeds like that, not in any of the places I've lived! On some Sharing the Groove torrents I have topped 75 k/s, but only with a VERY few torrents.
I have been as high as 35 k/s on my "fast" torrent and I thought that was good because it's twice the average. Maybe it's a Halifax thing? I've lived in three places in the past two years here in the city and I have never gotten 100 k/s...and my computer isn't exactly a piece of crap. It's two and a half years old, but it's got a 1.5 GHz processor and a cable internet connection...this is quite confusing to me!
One question....where do you get these ultra fast torrents? Is there one particular network that is good for fast torrents?
