Download Speed
 

Was getting 340kb/sec on a couple movie downloads the other day through torrents. Pretty good for my connection.

Yep.

I've gotten burst speeds of up to 2 megs/second every so often but I average around 750 k/s, obviously depending on server/torrent.

My download speed is usually varies from 150k/s - 750k/s, only once have I downloaded at 5m/s and it was only for 15s.

Mine goes stready at around 500-600kb/sec, went up to about 2.8MB/sec once, I was like :wow:

I use either Demonoid or Pirate Bay when Demonoid doesn't have something.

whattttttttttt

I get like 100 AT BEST, usually a lot lower

On torrents it varies a lot. If I DL shit from the internet it'll usually go at around 700-800 but it has gone up to like 1.5MB/s before.

How do I make it not this? :(

Chances are that it's not directly your fault. Just the speeds you get from your provider. Either check and see if they have faster rates or look for another company. If not, there's not that much you can do.

Unless you know you're speeds are suppose to be higher than that. In which case I would check to see if you've got the correct ports open (if you're behind a router).

You know, DS is THE MAN when it comes to computers (oh and BC is the OTHER MAN).

Nerf, DS is right about your provider and ports OR it could just be the plan you're on. It all comes down to money. You might be on a cheaper plan with a slower download rate - worth checking what plan you're on. If you want faster speeds you'll probably have to pay for it.

Personally I would "average" about 500kb/sec - as Xero says, depends on the server/torrent.

I don't really know exactly what deal we are on as my mommy pays all the bills and the like :o, but I know it is some form of Verizon DSL which I thought was supposed to be pretty solid. What are the 'right' ports to be open anyway?

Dial up wouldn't deliver 100kb/sec.

Some kind of DSL is all I know really. We used to have dial-up and that was godawful, this is a lot faster but still, I think my mommy pays a decent amount I am not entirely sure

For torrents it varies around 100-800 kb/s and for ftp about 1.5 mb/s

On my old connection, was getting about 3mb/s average and when using Blackcats-Games on new relases, about 7mb/s. But half the guys seeding on that site are using 1mb/s upload web servers so it was east to max out.