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why does the upload limit also effect my download speed?


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good afternoon, this is my first post after using utorrent for the past 5+ years, ive been using utorrent as my bit torrent client since windows xp was popular... ive researched and applied all the little fixes along the line... like setting the "net.max_halfopen" way back in the day.... or forcing encryption and not allowing legacy connections for security and anonymity.... and that's just an example of the wealth of utorrent knowledge ive collected along the way.

any way, today I re-installed utorrent onto a new machine, and noticed that running the settings ive used over the years, no longer work, and id like to know why?

usually I set dl speed to unlimited, and ul speed to 10kbps, and this would allow my dl's to come through at 3.0mbps... but now ive noticed that changing the upload speed to anything except unlimited, also limits the download speed... can some one please shed some light onto why this is happening?

system specs:
asus g75vw
i7 processor
8gb ram
windows 7 ultimate
cable internet

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yes... I admit my settings were set up with ultimate leeching..... but regardless of my very selfish settings... utorrent drops to almost nothing when any limit is placed on upload speed... just as cyberian said....

so again, can anyone shed light on to WHY this is happening?
or is this a new thing in the code to force seeding?
I personally limit my seeding to avoid detection by my invasive isp, Comcast is the only choice for cable internet in my region... and since I have already received multiple letters from them as to my torrenting over the years, I absolutely CANNOT seed!!

as we all know, Comcast doesn't give a flying fork about leaching, but cracks down on any seeding by imposing that ever so lovely bandwith throttling that we all love so much... and as much as I love the peaks and valleys of throttling... I don't want any more letters... forced encryption and disallowing legacy connections only take you so far.... keeping my settings to the ones I have chosen allow me to torrent undetected by my isp...

so again WHY is this happening when ANY limit, (even 60,000 kbps) is applied to the upload speed setting other than unlimited?

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I wanted to also post the proof of speed without limits... but your site wont allow me to post a second thumbnail, or even let me link it through an image hosting website by using the "image" button built into the reply box...

this is a link to the image without limits, where you can clearly see my upload is set to unlimited and my dl is 3.0mbps (1.2mbps+1.8mbps)

http://s22.postimg.org/722jnvv41/without.png

edit: for the record these photos were taken on a windows 8.1 gateway laptop, but my windows 7 asus g75vw performs exactly the same, and is connected to the same network, both machines tested using lan as opposed to wlan

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  • 2 weeks later...

I too noticed this issue but upgrading to the latest µTorrent Stable(3.4.2 build 37594) released yesterday, the issue is not present can anyone else confirm?

I have noticed the issue a long time ago...

The issue is not really an issue, it's a design that tries to avoid leeching...

The thing is that it fires back at people that share a lan with other people, making very hard to download at high speed a without saturating the network...

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ah... now I completely understand.... its not an issue when your dl speed is cut in half when you apply a 60,000kbps limit...

that makes total and complete perfect sence... the mechanism is there to prevent leaching, so of course your download speed should be cut in half, if you set your upload limit to a number higher than your connection can even send it out at.

this is definitely the way it was intended to work!!

history sidenote:
even the developers of utorrent stated years ago that the internet traffic was like a pipeline, with only so much "volume" being able to move through it at any givin moment, meaning that if you are pushing more volume in the upload category, that you will have less "space" to push volume in the download category

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