Utorrent Speed Views Needed!!

[faisalpandu]

Hello

I have seen peopel saying they get download speed of 16MB on a 20MB connection when downloading on torrents. I use a clone modem with 10MB and an ethernet connection and get download speed maxmum of 1.1MB. I wanted the view of people who use torrents to see what download speed they get and what speed they subscribe to.

Cheerz

 

[karym6]

Hello

I have seen peopel saying they get download speed of 16MB on a 20MB connection when downloading on torrents. I use a clone modem with 10MB and an ethernet connection and get download speed maxmum of 1.1MB. I wanted the view of people who use torrents to see what download speed they get and what speed they subscribe to.

Cheerz

As it is a torrent, the download speed will vary.

The more connected seeds there are then the faster your download will be. However, your download will slow down as you get more of the file by design. The reason for this is that unless there is a huge amount of people downloading the same file ahead of you, there will be less of the completed download available to you.

 

[Jacksoft]

i get 1.17mbs on a 10meg and 2.24 on 20meg..these are max speeds.

 

[karym6]

i get 1.17mbs on a 10meg and 2.24 on 20meg..these are max speeds.

No, they will not be a max speed - there is no concept of a max speed when using bit torrent unless you have specified one in your client.

 

[steve2493]

i max out at 1.1 on a 10 meg line

 

[karym6]

No guys, seriously - there is no concept of a max speed with torrents. The only things that will control the speed of a download is the amount of seeds offering the file, their upload speed and your ISP....

And, when looking at bit torrent download speeds you need to take the average speed, not the one you see going up and down in the client..

 

[steve2493]

No guys, seriously - there is no concept of a max speed with torrents. The only things that will control the speed of a download is the amount of seeds offering the file, their upload speed and your ISP....

And, when looking at bit torrent download speeds you need to take the average speed, not the one you see going up and down in the client..

ok my average speed is 1.1

 

[manutd4life]

i getting the same as these guys on 20 meg also(average) but i may select the 100mb option on utorrent to see if myspeeds change, also on the newsgroup client i hit these speeds too.

 

[karym6]

I give up....

 

[MFCGMFC]

it just depends on a number of things what speed you get on torrents

one day i could get full 2.3MB/s other days on teh same torrent i could get 1.2KB/s

you wont max out your connection on every torrent all the time

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

 

[ekwat]

Is anyone confusing Mbps and MBps? That's what it looks like and if so then a 10Mbps ( Mega bits per second ) line will download around the 1MBps mark ( 1 MegaByte per second ).

 

[MFCGMFC]

Is anyone confusing Mbps and MBps? That's what it looks like and if so then a 10Mbps ( Mega bits per second ) line will download around the 1MBps mark ( 1 MegaByte per second ).

yip connections are sold in bits and downloads are calculated in bytes

8 bits in a byte

Cheers
MFCGAVMFC

 

[karym6]

Is anyone confusing Mbps and MBps? That's what it looks like and if so then a 10Mbps ( Mega bits per second ) line will download around the 1MBps mark ( 1 MegaByte per second ).

More than likely...

 

[manutd4life]

lol i probably am, nm how do i work it out then.

i think changing it from caps to not caps is stupid, should be abbreviated summit else ffs

 

[karym6]

lol i probably am, nm how do i work it out then.

i think changing it from caps to not caps is stupid, should be abbreviated summit else ffs

1 megabyte = 8 megabits. And vice versa.

 

[Seric]

If you're not maxing out your connection, I suggest you find a better torrent site

 

[karym6]

If you're not maxing out your connection, I suggest you find a better torrent site

Or perhaps a torrent with more seeds?

 

[manutd4life]

1 megabyte = 8 megabits. And vice versa.

so if i getteng say 2 meg download speed, then really i am getting 16 from my 20 meg line

 

[karym6]

so if i getteng say 2 meg download speed, then really i am getting 16 from my 20 meg line

a 2Mbps download (thats 2 megabits) would mean you would get 256 kilobytes added to your disk per second, theoretically.

 

[ekwat]

so if i getteng say 2 meg download speed, then really i am getting 16 from my 20 meg line

That's about right, yes.