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drummerflea · 13-06-2007, 11:16

I've posted here before about this really annoying problem.

I have uses Azureus for ages, and it was fine.. Till i got cable from Virgin Media, the torrents run at about 40kbps max, and that's rare. I am used to around 5kbps. Sometimes as low as 400 b/s!

It's annoying also that Virgin Media customer services never care, as they "Don't condone bit torrent" so they can't help you.. Although, they probably use it themselves.

They've told me they don't block ports, and I'm not using a router anymore, I'm connected directly to my modem, but the speeds i get on torrents are still very very slow.

I have 4mb package, and running Vista Ultimate. I have had the same problem on XP so it's not vista that's doing the harm. I took my firewall off, disabled Windows Firewall and everything.. It's just going straight to the modem and the speeds are abismal.

I can get my full speed of 480kbps on test files when i download within Firefox, but no torrent program gets over 40, because the ports are always blocked when i run a check.

Anyone else got this problem? Anyone know which port to use?

I really don't know what to do, and I know there's nothing wrong with my software or hardware, it's just something to do with ports that only lets me connect to about 3 peers of sometimes around 400..

Please help guys!!

13-06-2007, 11:16	#1
drummerflea Inactive Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 9	Torrents running at really slow speeds, help please!! I've posted here before about this really annoying problem. I have uses Azureus for ages, and it was fine.. Till i got cable from Virgin Media, the torrents run at about 40kbps max, and that's rare. I am used to around 5kbps. Sometimes as low as 400 b/s! It's annoying also that Virgin Media customer services never care, as they "Don't condone bit torrent" so they can't help you.. Although, they probably use it themselves. They've told me they don't block ports, and I'm not using a router anymore, I'm connected directly to my modem, but the speeds i get on torrents are still very very slow. I have 4mb package, and running Vista Ultimate. I have had the same problem on XP so it's not vista that's doing the harm. I took my firewall off, disabled Windows Firewall and everything.. It's just going straight to the modem and the speeds are abismal. I can get my full speed of 480kbps on test files when i download within Firefox, but no torrent program gets over 40, because the ports are always blocked when i run a check. Anyone else got this problem? Anyone know which port to use? I really don't know what to do, and I know there's nothing wrong with my software or hardware, it's just something to do with ports that only lets me connect to about 3 peers of sometimes around 400.. Please help guys!!