Why are the torrents so slow?

[Steven Stern]

On 05/25/2010 01:17 PM, suvayu ali wrote:
> On 25 May 2010 10:02, Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch at dell.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 09:53:24AM -0700, 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.
>>
>> There are only 7 seeds and 12 leechers on that torrent right now...
>>
> 
> Thanks Matt. I didn't see that information, the web-ui for
> transmission-daemon doesn't present that information in a clear
> manner. :)
> 
>> --
>> Matt Domsch
> 
I'll be a seed for the 386 DVD in about 7 minutes. :-)

Currently downloading at 750KBPS and uploading at 100KBPS

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-- Steve