11) Slow Speeds?
Slow speeds?
Slow speeds can be caused by a few things. First, make sure the torrent port is open. Second, make sure you are downloading a file with many seeds, don’t expect high speeds without lots of seeds. If it’s still slow, check your internet connection speed to see if your desired speed is even possible:
- Close your torrent application and any other programs that connect to the internet
- Go to speakeasy.net/speedtest
- Select a city near you and begin the test
We want to look at the Download Speed
• 0-3,500 kbps (or less) is on the slow side. This is probably DSL (or dial-up); if you have DSL or dial-up, I highly recommend upgrading to cable. Look here for a cable provider in your area. You’ll never have fast torrent downloads with slow DSL and dial-up speeds and bandwidth.
• 3,500-6,000 kbps is pretty good. This could be DSL or Cable and you should get moderate torrrent download speeds.
• 6,000-10,000 kbps down is fast – probably a cable connection. You should get really good torrent speeds.
• 10,000-15,000 kbps is really fast – probably a fiber-optic connection. Fiber-optic speeds pretty much guarantee you super fast download speeds with well seeded torrents.
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