MasturB Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Ok I'm trying to figure out why my upload speed is so slow.I took a bandwith test on speakeasy and here it is:http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/157/up3pk7.jpgit says I can get 346.9 KB/s upload speed.On utorrent I can only get a max of like 40-45 kB/s (if i'm lucky) on my upload speed.Here's a screen of what i normally get on uploadhttp://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9799/up2dj5.jpgHere's a rare instance where my upload speed surged to 156 kB/s which is still almost half of the 350.http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/2180/up1wh5.jpg---My ISP, Comcast, says I can get about 350 KB/s which is right where the Speakeasy test is, but my uploading speed on utorrent is horrendous. Download speed is fine, and iv'e alreayd done all the port triggering,port forwarding etc. I have a brand new router and cable modem as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaternions Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Sounds like you have the wrong settings in the speed guide. You need to set it to xx/2MBits/s Can't think of anything else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasturB Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 My current settings are:Upload Llimit: 0 kB/sConnections (per torrent): 500Max active: 20Upload Slots: 4Connections (global): 800Is it bad that I leave my upload limit as 0 (unlimited)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaternions Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 It's usually better to stick to the speed guide. xx/2MBit/s should give you 8 upload slots per torrent. Rather than 4. The more upload slots you have the more uploading you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasturB Posted May 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Sigh, that didn't make a difference.It just went back to the 40-45 kB/s range.I noticed it also does this for Youtube and AIM transfers.It's like my internet connection totals everything in my network to 40 kB/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaternions Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 *scratches head* nothing else springs to mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasturB Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Yea. If I tried to upload a video to youtube and get on torrents at same time, my upload speed would be around 45 kB/s total for youtube and torrents combined.I noticed that starting yesterday and today, when I start up utorrent, for like the first 5 minutes the upload speed will surge to the 150's and stay there, then slowly shrink back to 45 kB/s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaternions Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 If you are saying that you can upload to YouTube at say 200KBytes/s with torrents off but when you turn them on your upload speeds drops to 40KByte/s its probly your ISP throttling. You should check they aren't up to no good...on second thoughts surely they would throttle down speeds as well, which doesn't seem to be happening... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasturB Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 No No No.What i'm saying is, all of my total upload speed from torrents,youtube,whatever all adds up to 40-45 kB/s.That means...If I did torrents only it only goes up to 40-45 kB/s (until I used another program that required upload speed then it would split the 40 to 20-20).If I did youtube soley, it would only go max to 40 kB/s.If I did youtube and torrents, since I only can do 40 kB/s uploading total, it'd alllocate 20 kB/s to youtube uploading, and other 20 to utorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaternions Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 This may seem a stupid question, but you are actually paying for an 80MBit/s connection aren't you? Because in the US and the UK that type of connection costs a fortune and is for business. It just occurred to me that that the speed test is wrong and you have a conventional 8 Mbit connection, in which case those speeds are normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasturB Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Well my ISP advertises this:for $42.95 Up to 8Mbps download speed (maximum upload speed of 768Kbps)I've done speed tests on other sites and htey're all about teh same resultwise.Ok speedtest.net gave me this:wugnet says:My download speed is 8.08 MbpsMy upload speed is 544 Kbps----I just did anotehr speak easy test and thsi time it says:Download Speed: 19555 kbps (2444.4 KB/sec transfer rate)Upload Speed: 2738 kbps (342.3 KB/sec transfer rate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaternions Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Well its like i said, the original speed test is wrong! (the one you give above is correct, don't confuse Bits with Bytes) You have an 8Mbit connection and its highly improbable that your line can handle anything faster without someone laying fibre optic cable to your door (very expensive). So there is nothing wrong with your upload speed. That is perfectly normal and the type of speed i get on my 8MBit connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasturB Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 You get 40 kB/s on your upload speeds max? That's what it says on your utorrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaternions Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Yes. 45 KBytes/s upload is my maximum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasturB Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Oh I see. Well why do all of my tests get around the 350 kB/s range on upload speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaternions Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Because you're confusing bits and bytes. 350 KBits = 45 KBytes There is really nothing wrong. Put xx/384 in the speed guide and you are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasturB Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Ah ok. I wasn't sure which one uTorrent used. I thuoght they used KBits, not KBytes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quaternions Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 I made the same mistake when i first used the program. That is a bit confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasturB Posted May 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Yeah they don't specify which unit they use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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