Low seeds

[Genossa]

I am right now downloading a torrent with a total of 9000+ seeders, but I am only connecting to 30-40 of them, and my speeds is around 30- 150 kB/s. Several months ago I could connect to almost 200 with a speed of 500-1000 kB/s . What could be the problem?

And BTW my bandwith is around 5-15 mB/s, (this number varies alot)

[Switeck]

If you get 1000 KiloBYTES/second download speed in uTorrent, then your line's download bandwidth has to be in excess of 8 megabit/second. Shaw cable may have increased their throttling.

1st (slow speed/interrupted internet sections) and 2nd links in my signature.

Also try rafi's uTorrent Guide: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=74820

If none of that helps, try 3rd link in my signature...just keep in mind those methods may not be effective as they depend heavily on HOW your ISP detects/treats BitTorrent and unknown traffic. If the ISP throttles unknown traffic, you're essentially screwed...as even a proxy or VPN can't help that!

[Genossa]

Thanks! I'll try your suggestions, btw, how'd u know I use shaw?

[Switeck]

Because there is almost no privacy online... knowing someone's ip address is basically the same as knowing what ISP they're on, unless they're using a proxy or VPN all the time.