Why are the torrents so slow?

[Bill Davidsen]

Suvayu Ali wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Why are the torrents so slow? I usually get download speeds of up to 600 
> Kbps. (both torrent or direct download) But with the 64 bit XFCE torrent 
> I'm getting downloads @ ~20Kbps. At times the upload spikes to 90Kbps, 
> but I don't mind that as long as it downloads faster.
> 
> I can't wait to get my hands on the release and I want to share, hence I 
> went with torrents over direct download. :(
> 
I have often wondered why there is so little traffic when I'm seeding, so the 
answer may be "something isn't right." Possibly the client setup. I usually set 
for 200kB seed, and usually only see 20kB average, maybe 100kB in a few 10 sec 
slices.

Maybe someone can provide a hint as to what needs to be tuned.

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