So I checked my speed at the bandwidth place thing and I got this
2.8 megabits per second
Communications: 2.8 megabits per second
Storage: 338.4 kilobytes per second
1MB file download: 3 seconds
Subjective rating: Great
in reality on bitTorrent I get this
Download rate 1kb/sec
On average I'll get around 10kb/sec
which is pretty damn slow
Once I was up to 100 kb/sec, but I have never hit that again
Can anyone explain this to me in a not super technical way. I think I understand the basic problems, area of service and firewall sort of stuff....but is there anything that I can do to fix it.
I just feel weird calling up Dell or Rogers and telling them I can't download things fast enough, when it only applies to bitTorrent.
Can I disable my XP firewall while downloading? Is that a really foolish idea? Will it even do anything?
Any help would be appreciated....even what to ask my customer service people so I don't sound like I'm doing bad things!
2.8 megabits per second
Communications: 2.8 megabits per second
Storage: 338.4 kilobytes per second
1MB file download: 3 seconds
Subjective rating: Great
in reality on bitTorrent I get this
Download rate 1kb/sec
On average I'll get around 10kb/sec
which is pretty damn slow
Once I was up to 100 kb/sec, but I have never hit that again
Can anyone explain this to me in a not super technical way. I think I understand the basic problems, area of service and firewall sort of stuff....but is there anything that I can do to fix it.
I just feel weird calling up Dell or Rogers and telling them I can't download things fast enough, when it only applies to bitTorrent.
Can I disable my XP firewall while downloading? Is that a really foolish idea? Will it even do anything?
Any help would be appreciated....even what to ask my customer service people so I don't sound like I'm doing bad things!