How fast does your BT go?

[Spraypaint]

Mine goes at average of 0-5 KB/s.... it's crazy slow (I use bitcomet)

[CGY]

If you use dial-up connection, really slow, mine would be about 2-3 kb per second.

If you use high speed internet, it may be over 1 MB per second, or about 100 kb per second, depends on many factors.

[Spraypaint]

Hehe, 1MB/s is a bit unreasonable... my brother at college goes that fast only cause they have t3... but I have DSL too and it goes 0-5 KB

[Jsy3k]

[rqm06]

have you tried bittornado? i've been using this one for a very long time. having high speed dl mostly. depends on the client and how many seeders are there. give it a try and turn off the built in firewall w/ sp2

[KamiNoSeigi]

0_o I can dl 40-60 per sec on average

[poiurewqfdsa]

so which ones do you guys prefer? i use bittornado and it's sometimes fast, sometimes slow...also, how do u turn off the build in firewall?

[Jsy3k]

[poiurewqfdsa]

i have no idea, i'm computer stupid...but i know that the light comes up yellow even though i turned off the windows firewall.

[Jsy3k]

[poiurewqfdsa]

hello again, i read everything but was lost on two things...the "patcher" thingy you said to dl and the router. Since i don't use a router, will that put me more at risk of being hacked? and what exactly is this patcher thing?

[Nox_Caelum]

You can set up your firewall to allow the port your bt client uses to open up (you can also do this with a router). About the hacked thing, thats a load of bull. A router really helps prevent viruses, worms, and spyware; don't know how tho. Its a better version of a firewall. To me firewalls are annoying cause of the block/allow popups. The chance of you getting directly hacked is low, so if you use a firewall, virus scanner, and spyware remover you should be pretty safe.
I use Azureus, and I am behind a router. Before the router I got up to 150 kb/s,a nd there was no change after I opened the port. I use SBC Yahoo dsl, but on the lower end, I dont know the max dl speed.
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[CGY]

Try Bit Comet. It's better than the original Bit Torrent.

[poiurewqfdsa]

so would you guys agree that generally, Azureus or Bitcomet gets better dl speed than Bittornado?

[bakachan]

the speed really depends more on your connection and how many peers you have then the client. I use azureus because it gives me more control over what i do with the torrents, not because it goes faster.