| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 70979 | 2006-07-22 12:45:00 | Good Torrent Speed | Lizard (2409) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 472848 | 2006-07-24 23:28:00 | Last couple of torrents have peaked between 90 and 110KBps, averaging between 30-40KBps over the whole download. The old 256k connection would have averaged 10KBps over the whole download. So long as it's not too far below average expectations, then I'm happy. | Lizard (2409) | ||
| 472849 | 2006-07-25 02:19:00 | Last couple of torrents have peaked between 90 and 110KBps, averaging between 30-40KBps over the whole download. The old 256k connection would have averaged 10KBps over the whole download. So long as it's not too far below average expectations, then I'm happy. These speeds are "normal" (still awful) if you are using a public tracker. If you are using a decent private tracker then you have big problems, I can't see you post details on what type of tracker you are using which makes your posting of speeds is useless. |
Master_Frost (9951) | ||
| 472850 | 2006-08-18 12:21:00 | Just to clear things up, some ISPs do restrict ur download speed regardless if ur using a public tracker or a private tracker. And that aint shaping a port either. I have just switched ISPs to ****** and is on a 3.5mbit plan. I always get throttled (average = 40k/s). My previous ISP was *****, never got throttled once (2.5mbit maxing to 250k+/sec with 10 bux for additional 10gigs). (Didnt want to dis-credit the ISPz. Without them, we would still be playing card games) Restrictions usually only apply to international bandwidth. I used NZ based speed tests and compared with international speed tests. Local Bandwidth = Full Speed, International = Throttled Its even possible to get acceptable speeds of public trackers too. Just change in ur options to allow more connections for ur download, and restrict ur upload speed to no more than 80% of ur maximum upload speed (U will require at least 20% of ur upload speed for acknowledgements/authentications). I am using a very popular private tracker which I can personally say will guarantee maximum bandwidth easy. So yes, private trackers are the way to go, AND there are ways of cheating ur Ratios too ( :thumbs: ) so dont be discouraged if u think ur 128k upload speed is insufficient. (I wont give out too much info, the less people know, the better :) ) Summary: Private Tracker = Awesome Speed (provided ur isp doesnt throttle u) If u want to use a public tracker this is what I usually do to achieve acceptable speeds: Increase the maximum number of connections per task to like 180+ (the default is 60). Instead of downloading 60k/sec from 60 users, download 180k/sec from 180 users. U do the math :). Although u will need to decrease ur maximum upload speed (set it to the lowest, cause ur allowed to :) ) |
tonwar90 (10792) | ||
| 472851 | 2006-08-18 17:41:00 | Restrictions usually only apply to international bandwidth. I used NZ based speed tests and compared with international speed tests. Local Bandwidth = Full Speed, International = Throttled So you're saying that all your international traffic was slow, not just your international torrent traffic? there are ways of cheating ur Ratios too *stabs in face* *Edit: Oh, and I'm guessing you're talking about QSI having crap international speeds? |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 472852 | 2006-08-19 01:19:00 | So you're saying that all your international traffic was slow, not just your international torrent traffic? Yes. All international traffic. Torrent, HTTP, IRC. The lot. I've tested them all to eliminate the possibility of it being ported. If I was intending International Traffic for Torrents only, I would have stated. there are ways of cheating ur Ratios too No need to get jealous. Just cause u dont know how :P. The reason people in nz are having to resort to public trackers is the fact that we have crap upload speeds and it costs a fortune to download/upload ne wayz. Wouldnt it be great if we knew how to exploit flaws for our own benefit? We owe it to ourselfs. |
tonwar90 (10792) | ||
| 472853 | 2006-08-19 02:47:00 | Yes. All international traffic. Torrent, HTTP, IRC. The lot. I've tested them all to eliminate the possibility of it being ported. If I was intending International Traffic for Torrents only, I would have stated. Well in that case, it's irrelevent to the discussion at hand here. This was with regards to ISPs limiting torrent traffic speeds, not limiting all international traffic. No need to get jealous. Just cause u dont know how :P. rofl The reason people in nz are having to resort to public trackers is the fact that we have crap upload speeds and it costs a fortune to download/upload ne wayz. Agreed Wouldnt it be great if we knew how to exploit flaws for our own benefit? We owe it to ourselfs. Disagreed. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 472854 | 2006-08-19 04:50:00 | Well in that case, it's irrelevent to the discussion at hand here. This was with regards to ISPs limiting torrent traffic speeds, not limiting all international traffic. So u're implying that when the ISP throttles ur overall international traffic, ur torrent bandwidth wont be affected? Because we're on the topic of good torrent download speed. ??? Title: Good Torrent Speeds Affects of torrent speeds: BANDWIDTH. Majority of peers in the torrent scene: Overseas If bandwidth is altered in an overall aspect, it will directly affect the torrent speed. People here were discussing the cause for their torrents being slow when their maximum bandwidth was high. Suggestions were the fact that they were getting ported. This would be true if u were using a known port. But in my experience (hence the purpose for a forum) I would suggest it would be that their ISPs were throttling them. And not all ISPs throttle their users. Some profit off their customers by keeping them at high speed. Its just unfortunate for customers who are with the lame ISPs to get throttled. And like I said before, the reason I know this is because I switched from a good ISP to a crap one. And to reinforce it, my data cap from my last ISP was 10gig autosense, and my new cap is 30gig autosense. So there should be no reason for throttling, but they still do (even at the beginning of the cycle). As for the rest or ur replyz, good for u. Everybody's entitled to their own opinion. |
tonwar90 (10792) | ||
| 472855 | 2006-08-19 05:15:00 | tonwar90 ISP's do not specifically shape all "international" speed. They can however be oversubscribed and under the required international capacity WHICH of course will stuff up your Torrent/HTTP/FTP and everything else. That is a different issue altogether from torrent speed or P2P prioritisation which is what this thread is all about, start a new thread if you want to talk about that. |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 472856 | 2006-08-20 06:05:00 | Yes, as Battleneter said, the fact that your international is slow implies that your isp doesn't have enough international bandwidth to go around, not that torrent traffic has been deprioritised. Majority of peers in the torrent scene: Overseas Meh |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 1 2 3 | |||||