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"Zomoniac" <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 2007-05-23 15:05:25 +0100, Chris F <chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com>
> said:
>
>> On Wed, 23 May 2007 14:34:08 +0100, Zomoniac
>> <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> How do I get more seedage? I've got everything set up fine, ports are
>>> open on router, it's downloading at a paltry 30k on an 8MB fastish
>>> connection (get HTTP downloads at 700-800k), which I'm putting down to
>>> the fact that I'm picking up from one seed, occasionally 2, out of an
>>> available 588. It's been going for over an hour. What am I doing wrong?
>>> Same thing happens with Azureus (what I'm currently using), uTorrent and
>>> Acquisition.
>>
>> yes, but how many leechers are there? the tracker will limit/assign
>> connections to try and stop the data received being a garbled mess
>> made up of hundreds of little pieces from loads of seeds.
>>
>> if you're the lone leecher, then i'd imagine something weird's going
>> on, but in my experience, the more leechers there are, the fewer seeds
>> you'll connect to.
>
> Current status on Azureus:
>
> Seeds - 1 (616)
> Peers - 48 (29)
>
> --
> Zo
>
Who is your ISP? My guess is that your ISP is throttling your p2p downloads
and capping it at 30kb/s