k so wait, i have to open a port on my router, and open up a port on my MODEM somehow? i know how to do that for my router, but my modem.....??

1720 does nothing for me. Read about that on DSLReports a while back, didn't work, still doesn't work.

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Originally posted by Playa24_7 k so wait, i have to open a port on my router, and open up a port on my MODEM somehow? i know how to do that for my router, but my modem.....??

No, just the router. You can't open or close ports on a modem.

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I didnt think so lol, just checking

in Yonge/Sheppard Area i get 400-500kb from rogers high-speed without changing nay ports,however on bathurst and steeles where torrent packets get filtered out its around 30kb max.

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Sweet! thanks! i was looking for that port number!

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One more thing to keep in mind is that your computer applications being run at the time of the torrents being used also plays a role in the download upload speeds.

For example if you are downloading a 50MB file from site A, uploading a 100MB file to site B and have your torrent client open with 3 torrents being seeded and 2 being downloaded then dont expect high speeds on your torrents. You also have to factor in the overall download / upload speed of your connection and also some factors of your computer. Like me if you have a computer thats more ghetoo than the ghetoo itself then all you can do is just pray and be happy with you do get lolz

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL I'm using sympatico + d link router w/ bitcomet my speed is only 40 - 50 K Max .... is there anything I can do to speed up the Ks? My sister's house, I'm running Sympactio + Azureus w/o a router and I'm pushing 200k. Any help will do pls ... Thanks John PS. On Limewire & SoulSeek I can push upto 200Ks.

Your def. having a port forwarding issue on your computer. The router and possibly your computer being the culprit.

http://www.portforward.com

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur death

ha ha...tried that before, no worky for me...anything other than that?

here in korea (the land of the internet) i get speeds of up to 1.5-2 megs/second.

yes that's right, MEGABYTES per second!! assah!!

steve.

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I'm moving up to Rogers Extreme.. 3 megs Down and 1.5 megs up..

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Actually, I think the Rogers top package gives you 6 Mbps download speeds and 1 Mbps upload.

The thing with torrent speeds is that it's not really fair to say you're getting higher speeds in some areas and lower in others, unless you have some type of controls in place. Mentioned before, everything you do voluntarily or involuntarily can affect your torrent download speed from other P2P apps using your available bandwidth to things like disk defragging and virus checkers using your hard drive's read/write capacity. Unless you have the same torrent, running on two different computers, with an identical setup, it's difficult to definitively say that it's the ISP that's capping you. Now, I am aware of Rogers implementing it in certain areas through forums and message boards, but I can't say I've personally seen it.

I have Rogers service and have switched over to 1720 on my client, which happens to be Bitcomet, and am getting upward to speeds of 800KBps. I was also receiving these speeds prior to changing the port as well. I can only assume my area is not affected by the caps. Bottom line people, test it out. Stop any miscellaneous services or programs, especially ones that use download or upload bandwidth (soulseek, limewire, etc), and try seeing what you can achieve for download speeds. Change the ports and repeat with the SAME torrent. It's not a 100% accurate, but it will give you a reasonable idea. Also note, that if you do not have the port open on your firewall for incoming traffic your speeds will suffer, and as well, if you severely limit your upload speed in the client, your speeds will see some decrease.

Also, people please note there is a difference between KB and Kb. KB means kilobytes, and Kb means kilobits. The capitalization does make a difference here. Clients will tend to differ in which measurement they use, but keep that in mind before you think someone is getting much higher or lower speeds than what you are getting. For example, if someone reports their torrent speed is 300 Kbps, but your client is reporting getting 37.5 KBps, it's actually the same speed. The math for those of your that care is 1 byte = 8 bits.