Switched from DSL to Cable and DL speed DROPPED!

[rogermusa]

I recently switched from DSL to Cable and have had problems with torrent downloads ever since. I chose the 2 MBs Cable thinking that I would be downloading torrents at 300+ kb/s, but I'm barely getting 10 kb/s. Sometimes it would jump to a staggering 40 kb/s, hover around 35 kb/s for 5 seconds and drop back to 10 kb/s. This would happen over and over throughout the entire download.

This is so frustrating, especially since I was getting MUCH faster downloads with 1.5 MBs DSL, around 200+ kb/s CONSISTENTLY.

Someone please help. Here is all my information.

What BT client are you using? I am using BitComet. I used it when I had DSL as well and had great download speeds. Up to 250 kb/s.

What port are you using? I'm using Port 60000 (and I verified that this port is OPEN).

Do you have a router? I am no longer using a router. They Cable company gave me a WebStar Model DPX2203. I used a modem initially and found that it was too much of a hassle trying to configure, so I stopped using it thinking that it was the problem. But my problem persists WITHOUT a router.

What are your results for testmy.net (both up and down)? 2997 kb/s download and 56 kb/s upload.

What operating system (name + version + service pack)? Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002, SP 2

Are you having a NAT problem? No NAT problem. Verified by Azureus.

Are you on a network? No network.

What kind of connection to ISP do you have (cable, DSL)? Cable through Massillon Cable TV.

Where are you connecting from (home, work, school, school-residence)? Home.

How many torrents are you trying to d/l simultaneously? One torrent.

Do you get slow speeds for all torrents, or just some? All torrents.

Have you selected torrents with good health? Great health. Sometimes there are 200 seeders and 10 peers. Still no increase in speed.

Have you ever been able to get good speeds? I had great speeds with DSL two weeks ago.

State all the related software you are running (antiVirus, Firewalls, etc). Norton Internet Security 2005.

State what you have done so far to try and resolve the problem, and/or which step in this guide you got stuck on:

I have tried:

1. Downloading torrents WITHOUT a firewall installed

2. Changing ports (all the ports that I have used have been verified to be OPEN using http://www.grc.com/port_60000.htm

3. I leave my torrents running all night and in the morning I find that I am UPLOADING at 30 kb/s and downloading at 2 kb/s. The U ratio is always > 1.

4. I tried setting up a static IP address, but I'm not sure if I did this correctly.

5. I contacted my Cable company and they state that they are NOT throttling Torrent downloads. This was stated clearly to me.

THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE. Much obliged.

[Firon]

lol, wrong forum? this isn't bitcomet support

[rogermusa]

I'm actually using uTorrent now thinking that switching clients would help. I guess not. I read the mini guide and made all the recommended changes with no success. Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you.

[kurahashi]

What are your results for testmy.net (both up and down)? 2997 kb/s download and 56 kb/s upload.

You have only 56kb/s of upload?! That means 7kB/s you know.

...well, in that case I have no further questions.

How can you expect achievieng megabytes of download while uploading only 7kB/s in p2p network? Your previous DSL had probably decent upload so you were achievieng good download speeds. This cable upload is absloutely shitty so you will have shitty downloads, simple as that. Didn't you check the upload speed of your connection before ordering it? For p2p users this is the most important parameter, you know. People who want to use p2p but are not interested of speed of their upload connections never stop amazing me.

[Firon]

Yeah, with an upload speed that low you're not going to get much out of BT. I'd suggest to go BACK to DSL.

[rogermusa]

Kurahashi, I felt the anger in your words. That was a typo. My upload speed is 56 kB/s. I did check the upload speed of my connection before ordering. I do realize that this is important in sharing. I am not a leech. My ratios are and have always been > 1. ALWAYS. Does that change what could be wrong?

[Firon]

Cable providers tend to throttle (and they'll lie to you about it).

Um, use the Speed Guide and choose 512kbit from the list? Try Protocol Encryption. If PE makes a difference, then they throttle.

[kurahashi]

Kurahashi, I felt the anger in your words.

Just a slight irritation, rest is caused by my crude english

That was a typo. My upload speed is 56 kB/s. I did check the upload speed of my connection before ordering. I do realize that this is important in sharing. I am not a leech. My ratios are and have always been > 1. ALWAYS. Does that change what could be wrong?

In that case you have to make sure your upload speed is tuned well

Use the speed guide, etc.

Remember, whatever you do - good speed setup should give you very stable upload speeds, like this (for your upload speed testing with total 10 upload slots - not per torrent! - should do the job):

http://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stable15oq.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stable29ao.jpg

Note the beautiful flatness of the upload red line

If your upload is unstable, like for example this:

http://img20.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unstable1dw.jpg

that means it is being saturated and probably has (or will have) negative impact on your download speeds. Try lower your upload cap then (and change the number of upload slots if neccesary). Remember that even if your ISP is giving xxx/xxx connection, this speeds are not guaranteed and in reality in some times of the day can be (much) lower - sometimes scheduler can be helpful there

[Switeck]

The new networking equipment might not handle high connection rates as well either.

So what's your half-open connection limit set to?

And is DHT and UPnP disabled?