Annoying Speed problem

[bv90andy]

In speed tests and when downloading from http servers (like the windows 7 beta) I get constant speeds at 15Mb/s download (I downloaded Win 7 with 1.5 Megabytes) and upload speeds of up to 5 Mb /s(usually at 4Mb/s). But when downloading torrents I get a constant maximum speed of only 230kB/s download and a good upload speed of up to 120kB/s. I tested my ISP on Glasnost, a detailed test, and everything turned out ok, everything was green and no trace of BitTorrent traffic manipulation. It does not mater what settings I have, in Speed Guide I selected speeds from 128K upload to 1Mbit, I tried downloading a single torrent or multiple (5 torrents) and every time top dlspeed remains at 230kB/s.

This happens on Linux and windows xp,7 and I turned firewall off, clean install and no antivirus programs. I really don't know what to change in the advanced settings in utorrent and I don't know if anything from there will make a difference, + I really don't understand those settings.

Sorry for long post, and sorry I didn't had time to check many other posts, but I checked the sticky ones.

Oh and my internet is coming on a cable from the pole, no router or modem, only static IP.

I hope someone can help me.thx

+I have a good PC, that's not the problem.

[Switeck]

Your ISP may limit international speeds to a fraction of your max linespeed.

[bv90andy]

But wouldn't that include speeds to http servers, like speed to sites which test my speed? I have very good speeds to any international server...

[Switeck]

I don't know all the conditions unless you tell me, so I'm just guessing.

What's the network topology of your internet connection?

Multiple upstream routers you cannot see?

Transparent (or NOT!) proxy?

LAN-only ip address?

Static IPv4 and IPv6 addresses?

Does this same low download problem occur with the test torrents (mentioned in 1st link of my signature)?

[bv90andy]

Well how can I know if it has multiple upstream routers? I know that my ISP is using another ISP as its provider, one that has no coverage in my area (and I know that the ISPs servers are in another village so I bet there are multiple routers). They brought the LAN cable directly from a box on a pole in the street(from where they brought also the TV cable), I bet they have some sort of router there.

I have a static IPv4 address but I can also choose "obtain an IP address automatically" and it works, the guy from the ISP has registered my Network Adapter's physical address in his server so I can be identified.

I don't think there is any proxy... how can I find that out? Maybe I am, on this site: http://www.whatismyip.ro/ they say:

Your IP address is :

86.125.99.132

Transparent proxy : 1.1 none (squid/3.0.STABLE10)

Your Real IP is : 85.122.124.50

And yes the test torrents also get stuck at ~230kB/s download.

[Switeck]

You internet is creepy. Transparent proxy after all...even the superfast torrents are throttled.

Probably not much you can go, except get another ISP.

[bv90andy]

Indeed the "bad news" moderator, thanks anyway, but no problem tho, I'm moving anyway in a couple of months. my parents will have this connection and they don't download anything.

[Switeck]

One last thing to try is encrypted-only peer/seed connections.

Under BitTorrent settings in Preferences...

Disable incoming legacy (unencrypted) connections.

Set outgoing encryption to FORCED.

Disable Resolve IPs (right-click in PEERS window of a torrent).

If that seems to have no effect, also disable DHT (both kinds) and Local Peer Discovery in BitTorrent settings, and UPnP and NAT-PMP in Connection settings.

It's possible in advanced settings to tell/force uTorrent to use and report a different ip address using net.bind_ip and net.outgoing_ip ...which might be able to force uTorrent onto your "real" ip or force through the transparent proxy... but you'll have to experiment with that.