Downloading through Utorrent causing slow internet

[Chris23]

Hi

 

I've been having this problem where when I download from utorrent the rest of my internet becomes very slow. I live in a house with very old telephone wires and the broadband is naturally slow. I was wondering is there a way to download through utorrent without affecting the rest of the internet in my house?

 

I also have another question, if utorrent is open, but nothing is downloading or seeding and all torrents being downloaded are stopped, is utorrent still taking up a lot of internet?

 

Any help with either of my problems would be very much appreciated

 

Thank you

 

Chris

[mike20021969]

if utorrent is open, but nothing is downloading or seeding and all torrents being downloaded are stopped, is utorrent still taking up a lot of internet?

 

No, Very little is used.

The number of DHT: *** nodes may fluctuate, but bandwith use is neither here nor there.