kz
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finally thought it was time i got this sorted! example... limewire. alright you dont get excellent speeds with this program but i rarely get above 2kbs (im on a 2Mb line!) and bit torrent, ill be lucky to see 10kbs!
my bro only has a 1Mb line but gets 50/60kbs nearly all the time. ive read loads of ways to try and get a faster connection but nothing has made any difference.
i know i can get good speeds cause if im downloading off a server ill get up tp 260kbs! always above 190kbs...
just annoyin me cause tbh i got better downloads from P2P software with 56k! any tips people 
[Edited on 29-09-2005 by Ian]
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Sam
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Firewall?
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kz
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only firewall i have is the standard microsoft one. but my bro also has that on when getting his higher speeds. do most people have this on or off?
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Sam
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What happens if you disable it?
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kz
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i havent tried...
dont i get loads of virus and my computer blows up 
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Tim
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You have to allow the correct ports through the firewall...
Also don't use the default port (6881) as most ISPs block it even though there's perfectly good reasons to use torrents for LEGAL file distribution...
What client are you using (Azureus only needs one port forwarding -- others may need a range)?
[Edited on 28-09-2005 by Tim]
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kz
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i use isohunt.com via bit torrent, which i downloaded from www.bittorrent.com!
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Dan B
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Also, which ISP are you with, because quite a few now are starting to traffic-shape P2P apps (ie. slow them down so what they consider higher-priority traffic doesn't get slowed down).
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kz
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im with plus.net
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by kz
im with plus.net
Yup, Plus.Net have recently introduced their SUP (Sustainable Usage Policy), in which you can only download a certain amount per month (and a certain amount in peak times per month - 4pm to midnight) - see here for further details.
Also, depending on which account you've got with them, they range from MASSIVELY slowing down p2p to SLIGHTLY slowing it down......I'm guessing you're on the first type of account, where they massively slow it down, from what you've said.
Of course, you most probably won't have received an email to tell you this, and this is a HUGE talking point over on ADSLGuide (forum link), and PlusNet have already cancelled two people's accounts for complaining about it. The SUP was introduced on September 16th, and another thing that got people loudly complaining was that they backdated usage-checking aswell (ie. they announced the limits you could download on the 16th, then checked over the three months BEFORE that date and warned/punished people who'd gone over those limits)......seeing the problem yet? 
Leave them, join a proper ISP that doesn't move the goal-posts every 10 minutes! 
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Ian
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They're cheap though eh Dan.
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Dan B
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True, can't dispute that......backs up the phrase of "you get what you pay for", though! 
Popular opinion seems to be that they reduced their prices too much before checking that the huge influx of customers they didn't expect could actually be supported on their network......hence all the attempts now to punish heavy downloaders, and persuade them to move elsewhere!
[Edited on 30-09-2005 by Dan B]
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jamesw
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are you using a router or just a modem? if your using a router chances are its blocking the ports needed - you can either turn upnp on, turn dmz on or add the rules to forward the port. If you using a standard modem non of that applys
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Dan B
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No, unless he's on one of the more expensive accounts from PlusNet, I can absolutely completely categorically confirm that it's PlusNet slowing his connection down with regards to P2P, they've all but confirmed that the cheaper accounts have P2P slowed down to 10k/sec absolute maximum.
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John
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Gutted.
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