Why the hell do torrents slow down my connection so much?

[Candyflip]

Does Comcast automatically throttle anyone downloading via P2P, or what? I could have a torrent downloading at 1.1kbps and Firefox would move as slow as a turd. Makes me want to stababitch.

[Ecrofirt]

do you have your program set up to limit connections and upload speeds?

[Candyflip]

Yeah, my upload is limited to 30kbps. Not so sure about connections though.

Global maximum number of connections: 200
Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: 50

[Ecrofirt]

http://torrentfreak.com/optimize-your-bittorrent-download-speed/

[Candyflip]

Thanks guys, got it sorted out now.

[Phoenix Dark]

Same thing happens to me. Now I just download torrents when I'm not using the internet.

The bad thing about downloading torrents is that you can't preview them before they're done downloading. I tried to download a porn torrent for the first time ever, and when it was done it said it couldn't be played without downloading a license ussdlgjdfl;gsfgfg

[Vizzys]

Same thing happens to me. Now I just download torrents when I'm not using the internet.

The bad thing about downloading torrents is that you can't preview them before they're done downloading. I tried to download a porn torrent for the first time ever, and when it was done it said it couldn't be played without downloading a license ussdlgjdfl;gsfgfg

avoid .wmv files

[Phoenix Dark]

Same thing happens to me. Now I just download torrents when I'm not using the internet.

The bad thing about downloading torrents is that you can't preview them before they're done downloading. I tried to download a porn torrent for the first time ever, and when it was done it said it couldn't be played without downloading a license ussdlgjdfl;gsfgfg

avoid .wmv files

What's a good site to download from? I've found success downloading albumsfrom:
http://www.torrentspy.com/

But the porn I tried to download from there didn't work

[Vizzys]

torrentz.com
isohunt.com

for porn you are better off using a site with their own tracker so they catch stuff like drm videos and delete them

cheggit.net whenever they reopen for members is good.

torrentspy used to be good but lately suck...I think they sold out, dmca, lots of ads etc.

[Ecrofirt]

Same thing happens to me. Now I just download torrents when I'm not using the internet.

The bad thing about downloading torrents is that you can't preview them before they're done downloading. I tried to download a porn torrent for the first time ever, and when it was done it said it couldn't be played without downloading a license ussdlgjdfl;gsfgfg

PD, did you use the speed improvement guide I linked to?

[Phoenix Dark]

Nope. Can't open the file; my Winzip evaluation expired awhile ago lol.

[Vizzys]

get winrar n00b

its free

[Phoenix Dark]

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
?

[Vizzys]

correct

[BlueTsunami]

My own connection is very finicky. It doesn't like to upload at speeds over 30Kbs at all (while I'm also Leeching). Once I'm done leeching, I can set my upload speeds up again.

[G The Resurrected]

Hey you guys are talking about torrents. What are some good torrent search engines? and a oink nivite maybe 

I'm tired of not find this one set. THE THE: London Town its a album i've been looking for.

[Vizzys]

oink is THE place for music torrents but im afraid invites are few and far between.

I already posted some good search engines

[G The Resurrected]

Yeah i had a oink invite and joined but everything i was downloading i couldnt even upload 40% cause there would be no more leachers. So it sucks i got banned. I just want to see if Oink has the album i'm looking for. I'm not paying 70 bucks for music. Fucking imports