My download speed can't go faster than 30 k/b..

[Syao]

I'm downloading right now from TL(Yeah,supposed to be at least 200 k/b)and the download just won't go faster than 30k/b!

It just stays on 29~30 and never changes.

The port is opened and everything,I didn't put any D/U limiter,and I don't see any reason for it to be like this..

And this is not the first time it happened,I downloaded from other places and it stopped going up at 30 k/b.

Any solution?

[shadowcode]

i have the same situation... i'm using DSL connection but my download speed seems just dont go up above 25kb/s?... it just stays on 23-25kb/s...

i dont know whats going on???... anyone has an idea how to solve such kind of problem? or is it just normal... thanks.

[Switeck]

Do you have the "DOWNLOAD LIMITED" message at the bottom left of the µTorrent window?

If so, it's due to having your upload speed set too low.

[verdier]

can anyone tell me how to change my download speed?

Thanks

verdier

[floydpb]

Yes i'm experiencing the same problem with µTorrent.. i fail to understand whats the problem.. the port is open and there's the green tick mark too..

I'm using Siemen's SL2-141 ADSL Modem n using internet wirelessly..Its been proveded by the ISP BSNL, in India.. Unlimited 256 kbps connection.

I thing the problem lies with the router because i'm simultaneously using Airtel n i get better speeds on it havin the same 256 kbps unlimited connection..

Sumone pls help.. if u need ny other info do ask i'll provide it..

[Switeck]

A 256 kilobits/sec download connection cannot download faster than 30 KiloBYTES/sec.

Chances are, your upload may only be 64 kilobits/sec...so xx/64k setting is probably what you'd need in Speed Guide.

[floydpb]

Thanks for the input..

[Switeck]

Try to determine what your max upload speed really is...sometimes ISPs give a little more or less than they officially say.

[Saurex]

Ok, i am getting the EXACT same error. My usual speeds are 500kb/s. No settings changed my computer suddenly started downloading at only 30 and below, NEVER higher. I dont know whats going so i tried everything suggested (yea i read the "increase speed" threads and all. Can anyone pls help? My ISP is Bell Canada

[Switeck]

Saurex,

Your ISP has started throttling.

[fofo999]

Same here Bell started throttling I just spoke to a rep, I don't go higher than 30 either.

Has to be a way around this.

[Saurex]

WHA!!! no i just got a new contract from them . Oh well they dont throttle during peak times so ill just download at night . Thanks for the info switeck and fofo, saved my a phone call to those lazy ****ards lol

[fofo999]

I 've been downloading at night, wake up and torrents are still downloading!!!!!

[Zelazure]

Yup..bell has officially begun to throttle..never goes above 30kB/s(kilobytes, notice the capital

[Switeck]

Once you figure out the "bad" hours, you can set up Scheduler to take advantage of that.

[speedfight]

Same problem, but why with the same internet connection it pushes more speed on other computer?

[jewelisheaven]

Are you seeing "Download limited" in the uT GUI at the lower left.

[speedfight]

Finaly I solved the problem I've checked that other p2p apps are going at the same slow speed. So I tried to cheat a little. I contacted my ISP and told him that I had got new computer. So he asked my new one mac adress. I told it for him and noticed that on new loptop speeds are much higher.. Hmm interesting. So I changed old computers mac adress to laptop mac ) And guess what? Speeds are perfect again

[jewelisheaven]

WOO! That's your problem.

If you are trying to use multiple computers behind your router.. this is what you need to do.

Now that you KNOW your MAC for the computer the ISP put up... you need to login to your router FROM that computer and "clone" the MAC address of that computer.

ISPs do this to make sure you can only access the internet with what their technician (theoretically hooked up) when your line was installed.

Unless you don't have a router?

[speedfight]

I don't have router, I'm using only access point

[jewelisheaven]

In that case, if you can't mask your MAC.. you can only use ONE computer to download at that speed

[speedfight]

Maybe other Utorrent version include some things to prevent this stupid throttling?

[jewelisheaven]

it's not uT which is limiting your bandwidth.

[speedfight]

I know that.

[jewelisheaven]

There are some added features to 1.8 which avoid certain ISP countermeasures, but there hasn't been one for the automated detection and classification as bittorrent traffic afaik.