envym360 Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Hey everyone,Having a very strange issue. For the past few months I've been having an issue where my downloads would work on and off randomly. This issue persists on my macbook as well as my pc. I have changed absolutely nothing before or after the issue had first happened and still have not made any changes. My downloads have now completely stopped working for the past two weeks. I took my macbook to the office the other day and downloaded a torrent with zero issues. The moment I came home, I tried to download another torrent and it would not load. Any input would be a great help since I'm at a loss as to what to do.Much Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Who is your internet provider at home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envym360 Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Thanks for replying, I'm using comcast at home. I'm thinking it has something to do with Comcast blocking my traffic but google's glasnost didnt work for me, soI'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Given their history, comcast has a high probability of blocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envym360 Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Let's assume they are causing it, any strategy to get around that ? Or should I call and tell them to screw themselves and get a different provider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted August 8, 2012 Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Enabling/forcing encryption may help.Turning down the number of connections and active torrents to low levels will also likely help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envym360 Posted August 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2012 Ok, I'll give that a shot and let you know if anything changes, thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brian Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Same issue here and I have Comcast as well. I can use BitTorrent away from home but not at home. I also use uTorrent and it has no problems downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envym360 Posted August 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 Tried the suggested methods, all to no avail. I have noticed that if I change my port in bittorrent that my download speed jumps to a whopping 1.5kb/second and slowly back down to 0.00. Wen't to a friends house with my macbook and downloaded torrents with the same settings easily, but back home.. still no success. Kind of at a loss. Might have to switch ISP at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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