# Help with torrents **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 25, 2007, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460 "2007-03-25T08:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/21 "2007-03-25T21:03:51Z")
no it does, it has to unless you have fiber. ive gotten down exceeding 100k as well, there is a theoretic limit on any connection with regards to up/down, you can only squeeze so much through the pipe. whether you notice it or you only use torrents with good seeding is a reason you wouldnt notice, mostly ive found that Bittornado is excellent with this. Ive never gotten such great ratio of up/down as with bittornado. Transmission on OSX is terrible about it, I can accurately predict what will happen if i unthrottle the up speed for any given torrent. usually it sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/22 "2007-03-26T07:19:56Z")
transmission is nice if you are downloading shit from torrentspy. i switched to azureus and started using oink though. on oink, i never really see less than 80k down. ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/23 "2007-03-26T10:36:37Z")
problem with oink is getting invited ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/24 "2007-03-31T16:32:53Z")
Here’s why torrents don’t suck… That’s the fastest download speed I’ve ever gotten. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/25 "2007-03-31T16:56:38Z")
what ISP do u have that u get 55 up? ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/26 "2007-03-31T17:31:22Z")
[quote=“boardjnky4,post:25,topic:26460"”] what ISP do u have that u get 55 up? [/quote] I see 55-85kbps up all day any day with Time Warner using their standard service. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/27 "2007-03-31T18:52:52Z")
really? that seems really high. maybe mine doesnt go too high cause of the 7 or 8 computers on the same network. theres only so much bandwidth ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/28 "2007-03-31T19:05:59Z")
Yeah it usually hovers around 55ish, but occasionally I’ll catch it seeding around 85. Yeah it probably is due to bandwith as my computer is the only computer on the network, and to help with speeds I’ve recently gotten rid of the router because my wireless was dropping all the time. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/29 "2007-03-31T19:22:19Z")
for 14 bucks a month, you can get into ng’s and get 600kbps. All fiber, none of this torrent sharing slow ass shit 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/30 "2007-03-31T19:22:49Z")
[quote=“ryanmcell,post:26,topic:26460"”] I see 55-85kbps up all day any day with Time Warner using their standard service. [/quote] Yup. I saw a big speed increase when my old Motorola SB3100 finally crapped out and was replaced by a Motorola SB5101. I actually see as high as 120kB when sending files using p2p with other TWC users. Also, when that torrent finished, I turned the throttling up to 100kB on the upload, and it was hitting it. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/31 "2007-03-31T19:24:43Z")
yeah the 5100 series is a different docsis, much faster from what ive seen. ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/32 "2007-03-31T23:17:22Z")
Bittornado FTW ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/33 "2009-02-23T10:34:39Z")
bump… Trying to use Movie Torrent hitting some pirate bay link for Step Brothers 1080P. 8 hours later I’m at 20%… is that normal? This is my first time… I’m no hardware guy thats for sure. ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/34 "2009-02-23T10:36:35Z")
no…thats not normal. the speed is prob at like 1kb/sec… probably no seeders at all. i suggest finding a different site. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/35 "2009-02-23T10:38:25Z")
hahah thats why torrents suck ass. get onto ngs and you will never have a speed problem. ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/36 "2009-02-23T10:50:49Z")
pretty much every torrent i download will get speeds of 300-600/sec, but then again I use a private torrent site and not your average crappy torrent sites ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/37 "2009-02-23T11:00:47Z")
> [@SkunkApe](#): > > no…thats not normal. the speed is prob at like 1kb/sec… probably no seeders at all. > > i suggest finding a different site. So… there are supposidly like 400 seeders but I’m only hitting like 10 of them? Is that because I’m a noob? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/38 "2009-02-23T11:02:18Z")
I usually max out my connection getting from NGs. And what differs from torrents is that it is at that speed 100% of the time. It doesn’t take 30mins to gain that share ratio. It doesn’t peak and drop if someone stops seeding. It is just constantly blazing fast. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/39 "2009-02-23T11:15:57Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > hahah thats why torrents suck ass. > > get onto ngs and you will never have a speed problem. +1. So worth the $14 a month. Hell, it works so good I canceled Netflix so it was pretty much “free”. My 10meg down connection gets 1200KB/s all the time, every download. Only thing I’m mad about is that I didn’t take your advice and start doing the NG thing sooner. No uploads, no ratios, no letters from the RIAA/MPAA when some torrent site gets busted. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460/40 "2009-02-23T11:24:15Z")
I’m trying utorrent now, using a port forwarding doc I found. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-torrents/26460.md?page=3)