Zomoniac

On 2007-05-23 15:29:45 +0100, "diy-newby" <asas@asas.com> said:

>
> "Zomoniac" <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5bj094F2sppslU1@mid.individual.net...
>> 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

Zen, 8MB unlimited business account. It bounced up to 70k at one point,
and is now hanging around the 45-50k mark.

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Zo