Slow speeds in uTorrent? ISP throttling?

alright so my isp throttles and i upload at like 5kb/sec. That is freeeeeking slow. I need some help or suggestions on why this is the case.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/242286837.png <- that's my speedtest. I should be uploading at around 80kb/sec - 100kb/sec

http://i27.tinypic.com/73knqx.jpg <- wth is going on there!

Please help me! Any suggestions. I pick my torrents good. Trust me. and uhh the yellow thing is green now so no worries on that. I just opened utorrent.

Thanks for ur help fst!

My friend has same isp, crappier package, and can upload at 60kb/sec! WHYYYYY? Is it my computer?

click the speed guide and checkk "enable encryption"

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Originally Posted by Skizo

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yea sry, btw encrypted is on.

Your isp is Rogers. They are well known for bandwidth shaping torrent traffic. Usually downloads run alright but when uploading they cap me at around 10 kB/s. Using encryption does not help since they throttle all encrypted traffic, including your encrypted email, logins etc. The throttling though is based on ip. Your friend may have one of their older ip's which isn's affected as much.
Obviously this is a pain if you are trying to maintain a decent ratio on the good sites (couple it with their monthly transfer cap and it is a royal pain in the ass)
I get around it by using a seedbox. It is outside the rogers network, uploads and downloads my torrent traffic, and I get the files by ftp.

try uTorrent 1.8 Beta Build 6806

While you are looking for other method to counter the throttling, try doing the seeding after midnight. My isp throttled my connection most hrs of the day but it goes normal after 1 am until around 8-9am the next morning.

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Originally Posted by Mr_Mystic

Your isp is Rogers. They are well known for bandwidth shaping torrent traffic. Usually downloads run alright but when uploading they cap me at around 10 kB/s. Using encryption does not help since they throttle all encrypted traffic, including your encrypted email, logins etc. The throttling though is based on ip. Your friend may have one of their older ip's which isn's affected as much.
Obviously this is a pain if you are trying to maintain a decent ratio on the good sites (couple it with their monthly transfer cap and it is a royal pain in the ass)
I get around it by using a seedbox. It is outside the rogers network, uploads and downloads my torrent traffic, and I get the files by ftp.

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icic i get ur point he does have old ip. Smart thinking man. I guess i just gotta switch isp. Damn.

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Originally Posted by TP635

While you are looking for other method to counter the throttling, try doing the seeding after midnight. My isp throttled my connection most hrs of the day but it goes normal after 1 am until around 8-9am the next morning.

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my computer is on 24/7

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Originally Posted by ChristoZed

try uTorrent 1.8 Beta Build 6806

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is it any better?

Mine is mostly on 24/7 too, but after midnight I do selective seeding. That way I get to pick what tracker I channeled my bandwidth to.

Use some weird port that is not normally used by bittorrent clients and yes making sure encryption is enabled is a plus. I think that's all that is needed. I can get full speed uploading and I know my ISP uses traffic shapping.

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Originally Posted by saulin

Use some weird port that is not normally used by bittorrent clients and yes making sure encryption is enabled is a plus. I think that's all that is needed. I can get full speed uploading and I know my ISP uses traffic shapping.

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what kind of ports do u mean. I read about this 1720 port and i used it but no difference!

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Originally Posted by TP635

Mine is mostly on 24/7 too, but after midnight I do selective seeding. That way I get to pick what tracker I channeled my bandwidth to.

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i'll give that a try tonight lol

Thanks for all ur replies guys. This means a lot to me!

I use port 8431

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I use port 8431

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u live in Canada?

Yes and I'm with Shaw and you?

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Originally Posted by saulin

Yes and I'm with Shaw and you?

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Rogers. I think it's my ip being somewhat new. How long have u been with shaw?

BTW YAY 1000 POSTS LMFAO

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Originally Posted by tyman

click the speed guide and checkk "enable encryption"

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is there a diff between forced encryption and enable encryption?

Since broadband came out with them in 1998. Oh nice I only need like 1000 more for my 5 stars. Yeah I heard Rogers does the same with bittorrent.

anyone here uses Rogers Hi Speed Extreme? Any recommendations for ports to use? I live in Ontario area so help me? Um, perhaps u could have some recommendations for new ISPs? I have heard of Tekksavy and 3web. Anymore?

where is the speed guide?

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Originally Posted by ChristoZed

try uTorrent 1.8 Beta Build 6806

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Does anyone know if this version of uTorrent is known to help against Sandvine (traffic-shaping program used by Comcast)? Forced encryption and other suggested methods haven't helped, and my ratios are really suffering. :cry:

anymore suggestions FST? any suggestions for ISPs?

... At least you still could download and upload with ur ISP.

I could get 0 upload and 0 download these days from the 2mbps i used to get. i don't want to mention ISP in ASIA. THis is what i call throttling. ahhh.. heard that Utorrent and gang are coming up with new encrypt methods. hope that they will come out soon.

Stuck with the freaking isp for 3 more mths due to a contract i signed 2 years ago. After i swear i would change.

This version uTorrent 1.8 Beta Build 6806 deters the TS (traffic shaping)
Don't forget to ENABLE the encryption...

Or this new client deluge-0.5.8.5

tell as the results

"TRAFFIC SHAPING IS PROGRAMM TO -B L O C K- P2P CONNECTIONS
(only that)"

do not try speed test , it does not have meaning to test the connection for TS

Use the latest beta of utorrent, it uses quite succesfully a new type of encryption.

I use Rogers in the Toronto area. My typical torrent upload is under 10 kB/s combined for all my torrents.
Today as a test I loaded up utorrent 1.8. My uploads went to my max which is around 100 kB/s. It looks like the new encryption they are using is fooling the Rogers monitoring software for now. Until Rogers catches up, this looks like the client to use on their network.

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I use Rogers in the Toronto area. My typical torrent upload is under 10 kB/s combined for all my torrents.
Today as a test I loaded up utorrent 1.8. My uploads went to my max which is around 100 kB/s. It looks like the new encryption they are using is fooling the Rogers monitoring software for now. Until Rogers catches up, this looks like the client to use on their network.

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i will definitely check out the new utorrent then.

Yep I Am Happy To Say The Lastest Build Of Utorrent Fixes Everything! Thanks Guys!

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Originally Posted by The Wanderer

Use the latest beta of utorrent, it uses quite succesfully a new type of encryption.

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amazingly it works thanks all for the tip. my speed is back.. i would still change ISP thou.

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uTorrent 1.8 Beta Build 6806

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I can't find it in the Utorrent website. Where can I dl it?

I am glad to hear that. :D There are also a lot of improvements in the latest beta mainly in disk writes/reads management that make the new beta a must have.

Also keep in mind that if you need help with utorrent you simply can go and post in their forums, there are a lot of guys there ready to help you. :)

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Originally Posted by piggy

amazingly it works thanks all for the tip. my speed is back.. i would still change ISP thou.

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µTorrent 1.8 alpha 8872

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=31998

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uTorrent 1.8 Beta Build 6806

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I can't find it in the Utorrent website. Where can I dl it?

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don't get 6806. That did no diff for me. Get the 8000+ builds. Those all work.

for anyone whos still having big throttling problems u can always check out http://www.torrentfreedom.com/