Mountbatten Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 hi, first things first;-my isp is BT home hub-according to http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?flash=1 my broadband speed is 2333kb/s down, 218kb/s up-in utorrents speed guide i set connection type to xx/192k (=upload speed of 17kB/s)-i unchecked randomise port, chose my own random port in the advised range and opened it through my router, tested it in utorrent and it shows as open-downloaded the slackware torrent to test. after about 20-30 minutes the download speed is 6.1kB/s, upload speed is zero.the confusing thing is that i'm certain that BT is allowing my torrents to go through fairly unimpeded, because only 5 days ago i was reaching 250kB/s downloads easily on a busy torrent. but this was with upload and download speeds set to unlimited, the only reason i needed to tinker with my settings was because utorrent was strangling my broadband and normal firefox websites would no longer load.even more confusing is that reverting back to unlimited speeds doesnt change anything, i'm still getting downloads of about 7kB/s and ups of zero. i cant think of anything else i've changed.any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 BT actually has been known to throttle at certain hours of the day, IINM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colshyr1 Posted June 1, 2007 Report Share Posted June 1, 2007 im on the same provider with the hub & been experiencing problems recently with downloads - at the moment im on a torrent with 45 seeders on it, but only gettin 8 kbs max was thinking they might be throttling me cos ive asked for a MAC code today also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountbatten Posted June 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 yeah its definitely throttling. justnow i was up to 220kB/s download. does anyone know what specific times BT are throttling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 Dunno, peak hours is probably the easiest to think of, but that might be variable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted June 3, 2007 Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Evening hours from 6 PM to Midnight local times, from what I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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