Chip Chipperson Posted January 23, 2014 Report Posted January 23, 2014 Hey Guys, Before my problem my download speed for torrents was usually 400kB/s, when I do speedtest.net I always get a download speed of 4mB/s. But recently my download speed for torrents from sites like piratebay.ca and other torrent sites is currently at 1-3kB/s. But when I torrent slackware torrents I get my before speed of 400kB/s. I'm in the UK so there is a lot of internet censorship at the moment, thus using pirateproxy.ca and other proxy sites. So my questions are any other UK users experiencing this?Or do you think its a problem on my end that needs to be fixed?Or are the ISP's limiting proxy sites download speeds? Thanks for the help guys.
Harold Feit Posted January 24, 2014 Report Posted January 24, 2014 It's a high probability that it's either the torrents you're choosing or your settings. What setup guide did you follow to configure BitTorrent?
Chip Chipperson Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Posted January 24, 2014 Thanks for the speedy reply Harold Feit. I didn't use a setup guide because I'm a noob, if you could link one that you would recommend. An hour after I posted my problem my torrent download speed went back to 400kB/s. Not use if its the ISP fucking around with torrent sites if now its back to normal. Thanks for the help.
Harold Feit Posted January 24, 2014 Report Posted January 24, 2014 The one built into bittorrent is a good start (Ctrl+g to start it)uTorrent's setup guides are also good http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=15992 Avoid youtube setup guides like the plague
Chip Chipperson Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Posted January 24, 2014 Thanks for the speedy reply. Again tonight at peak time the torrent download speed went down to 1kB/s. I went thought the link you sent me, and I have enabled Protocol Encryption. Now my torrent download speed at peak internet time is around 350kB/s. I think this has solved the problem, UK ISP's are quite strict on torrent sites so maybe they were throttling my torrent download speed. I will keep you posted if any more problems arise. Thank you for the help Harold Feit.
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