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I've been using uTorrent for a few days now to get some files, and quite
frankly, it sucks arse. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about really.
Downloading is so bloody slow it's like being back on dialup. I'm
lucky to crack 20k, usually it hovers around 2 to 3k at best.

I've setup port forwarding, uTorrent says everything is working
okay...but its still ****. Currently I'm trying to get a file that has
24 seeds and I'm getting about...well....0.2k. LOL

Wtf? Surely this cannot be correct? Do Orcon block peer to peer?

Bobs wrote:
> I've been using uTorrent for a few days now to get some files, and quite
> frankly, it sucks arse. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about really.
> Downloading is so bloody slow it's like being back on dialup. I'm
> lucky to crack 20k, usually it hovers around 2 to 3k at best.
>
> I've setup port forwarding, uTorrent says everything is working
> okay...but its still ****. Currently I'm trying to get a file that has
> 24 seeds and I'm getting about...well....0.2k. LOL
>
> Wtf? Surely this cannot be correct? Do Orcon block peer to peer?

I'm fairly certain they throttle it rather aggressively.

Bobs wrote:
> I've been using uTorrent for a few days now to get some files, and quite
> frankly, it sucks arse. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about really.
> Downloading is so bloody slow it's like being back on dialup. I'm
> lucky to crack 20k, usually it hovers around 2 to 3k at best.
>
> I've setup port forwarding, uTorrent says everything is working
> okay...but its still ****. Currently I'm trying to get a file that has
> 24 seeds and I'm getting about...well....0.2k. LOL
>
> Wtf? Surely this cannot be correct? Do Orcon block peer to peer?

I am with Orcon also and I can tell you that Torrents suck during the
day and especially in the evening, 3k is all you will get. The best
thing is to leave your PC running overnight and use the sheduler in
utorrent to come on at like 2am, then it will fly, it will max out your
connection. Torrents rock, unfortuantely NZ isp's don't.

Bobs wrote:
> I've been using uTorrent for a few days now to get some files, and quite
> frankly, it sucks arse. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about really.
> Downloading is so bloody slow it's like being back on dialup. I'm
> lucky to crack 20k, usually it hovers around 2 to 3k at best.
>
> I've setup port forwarding, uTorrent says everything is working
> okay...but its still ****. Currently I'm trying to get a file that has
> 24 seeds and I'm getting about...well....0.2k. LOL
>
> Wtf? Surely this cannot be correct? Do Orcon block peer to peer?

Oh and no they don't block it, nor do they actively slow it down.

They "deprioritise" it. In other words if lots of people are surfing
the net and using voip or gaming p2p will be the last priority and thus
suck . The only time it is worth even trying to use it is during the
small hours.

Bobs wrote:
> I've been using uTorrent for a few days now to get some files, and quite
> frankly, it sucks arse. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about really.
> Downloading is so bloody slow it's like being back on dialup. I'm
> lucky to crack 20k, usually it hovers around 2 to 3k at best.
>
> I've setup port forwarding, uTorrent says everything is working
> okay...but its still ****. Currently I'm trying to get a file that has
> 24 seeds and I'm getting about...well....0.2k. LOL
>
> Wtf? Surely this cannot be correct? Do Orcon block peer to peer?

I frequently get ~full line speed (admitedly only 1.7Mbit/s) on Xnet in
the evenings on well seeded torrents (30+ seeds).

Having said that if you are a "Bad Person" and download pirated content
Xnet have been seen to be one of the more proactive ISPs at kicking your
ass off their network upon receipt of correspondence from anti-P2P
organisations.

Hi there,

Bobs wrote:
> I've been using uTorrent for a few days now to get some files, and quite
> frankly, it sucks arse. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about really.
> Downloading is so bloody slow it's like being back on dialup. I'm
> lucky to crack 20k, usually it hovers around 2 to 3k at best.
>
> I've setup port forwarding, uTorrent says everything is working
> okay...but its still ****. Currently I'm trying to get a file that has
> 24 seeds and I'm getting about...well....0.2k. LOL
>
> Wtf? Surely this cannot be correct? Do Orcon block peer to peer?

Yeah, the whole torrent thing is much ado about sweet **** all.
I get speeds that dialup could sometimes best, on all but the
newest torrents. New torrents aren't bad usually, but nothing
beats a good ol' ftp or http download.

The biggest torrent I've grabbed was a VMware image of Mac OS Tiger
for intel. Unpacked this thing was 6GB total (2GB compressed). I
forgot I was grabbing it, because it was running in the background
and took weeks. Sometimes torrents really do blow goats...

--
Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia.
"Maybe politicians should ask the people whether
or not they wanted all these wars"...

Squiggle wrote:
> Bobs wrote:
>> I've been using uTorrent for a few days now to get some files, and
>> quite frankly, it sucks arse. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about
>> really. Downloading is so bloody slow it's like being back on
>> dialup. I'm lucky to crack 20k, usually it hovers around 2 to 3k at best.
>>
>> I've setup port forwarding, uTorrent says everything is working
>> okay...but its still ****. Currently I'm trying to get a file that has
>> 24 seeds and I'm getting about...well....0.2k. LOL
>>
>> Wtf? Surely this cannot be correct? Do Orcon block peer to peer?
>
> I frequently get ~full line speed (admitedly only 1.7Mbit/s) on Xnet in
> the evenings on well seeded torrents (30+ seeds).
>
> Having said that if you are a "Bad Person" and download pirated content
> Xnet have been seen to be one of the more proactive ISPs at kicking your
> ass off their network upon receipt of correspondence from anti-P2P
> organisations.
>

That is probably why you get those speeds
Didn't realise NZ ISP's were kicking people off though for what they
download.

Somewhere on teh interweb Bobs typed:
> I've been using uTorrent for a few days now to get some files, and
> quite frankly, it sucks arse. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about
> really. Downloading is so bloody slow it's like being back on
> dialup. I'm lucky to crack 20k, usually it hovers around 2 to 3k at best.
>
> I've setup port forwarding, uTorrent says everything is working
> okay...but its still ****. Currently I'm trying to get a file that has
> 24 seeds and I'm getting about...well....0.2k. LOL
>
> Wtf? Surely this cannot be correct? Do Orcon block peer to peer?

Yes.
--
TTFN,

Shaun.

Somewhere on teh interweb Chris Wilkinson typed:
> Hi there,
>
> Bobs wrote:
>> I've been using uTorrent for a few days now to get some files, and
>> quite frankly, it sucks arse. I'm not sure what all the fuss is
>> about really. Downloading is so bloody slow it's like being back
>> on dialup. I'm lucky to crack 20k, usually it hovers around 2 to 3k at
>> best.
>>
>> I've setup port forwarding, uTorrent says everything is working
>> okay...but its still ****. Currently I'm trying to get a file that
>> has 24 seeds and I'm getting about...well....0.2k. LOL
>>
>> Wtf? Surely this cannot be correct? Do Orcon block peer to peer?
>
> Yeah, the whole torrent thing is much ado about sweet **** all.
> I get speeds that dialup could sometimes best, on all but the
> newest torrents. New torrents aren't bad usually, but nothing
> beats a good ol' ftp or http download.
>
> The biggest torrent I've grabbed was a VMware image of Mac OS Tiger
> for intel. Unpacked this thing was 6GB total (2GB compressed). I
> forgot I was grabbing it, because it was running in the background
> and took weeks. Sometimes torrents really do blow goats...

And yet I can get a gigabyte in an hour and frequently do. If you are clever
enough to get onto a "members only" site and you have a good ISP you should
be able to max out your download bandwidth. I get my full 2M anytime of the
day or night with a torrent from, for instance, Torrent-Damage. Other times
I have to be patient.
--
TTFN,

Shaun.

~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh interweb Bobs typed:
>> I've been using uTorrent for a few days now to get some files, and
>> quite frankly, it sucks arse. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about
>> really. Downloading is so bloody slow it's like being back on
>> dialup. I'm lucky to crack 20k, usually it hovers around 2 to 3k at best.
>>
>> I've setup port forwarding, uTorrent says everything is working
>> okay...but its still ****. Currently I'm trying to get a file that has
>> 24 seeds and I'm getting about...well....0.2k. LOL
>>
>> Wtf? Surely this cannot be correct? Do Orcon block peer to peer?
>
> Yes.
When they find what port I am using and that takes them a little while