Whirlpool

Im pretrty new at this, but it this pretty fast fot a torrent???

sure why not..

400kbs is a generally good speed for a torrent to download at.

I once got 2.5mpbs (2ms/s) using private torrent.

Depends on your connection too. Can easily max out your connection speeds, depending on the torrent.

adamh4 writes...

I once got 2.5mpbs (2ms/s) using private torrent.

mine was 1.7
must of been a fair few seedboxes on that one lol

Can easily max out a 8000/384 connection. Nothing new here, please move along. :-)

adamh4 writes...

I once got 2.5mpbs (2ms/s)

is that how fast it was accelerating?

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn191/mattsull_88/down.jpg
30mb/s I think i win :P. Granted thats with a seedbox and a very well seeded private site

^ i think you do indeed.../. :D

Yeah, 400kb/s is pretty good, but I got up to 1.5mb/s once

Since when do we have internet plans in australia that are capable of 30mb/s?

I managed 1.2mb/s the other day for a single torrent, 350mb in a few minutes :)

stop the presses! thommo55 got 400kbs on a torrent!

welcome to 2005 in Australia, late 90's everywhere else ;)

Meh, I max 1.9mb/s everytime on usenet, hence why I don't bother with torrents.

This thread is like watching grass grow, I will add to the excitement, I got 160k on a test torrent. :D

I get 1200kB/s everytime using my private trackers. (My max speed 12Mbit)
But I generally use Rapidshare. 400kB/s nothing special.

I can't seem to get any more than 1350kbps...oh wait, that's all I can get on my line

thankyou telstra!

400kbs......meh......good but nothing to write home about :)

RE: Everyone in this thread!

http://bisnotb.com/

kiplinght writes...

RE: Everyone in this thread!

http://bisnotb.com/

Yes....but the OP states k(b)s, not k(B)s.....so meh

I find that if I download more than 3 files at once my Voip drops – if I D/L more than 5 mp3s as well as a torrent my ADSL dies....bizarre

Which is directly related to the speed I get I assume.

mattsull writes...

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn191/mattsull_88/down.jpg
30mb/s I think i win :P.

pfft, weak.

http://www.penisenginemechanic.com/stuff/zooming.png

I think I win I once got 30bytes/seconds tooks 3 days to download a file woo hoo hehehe

Smurfz writes...

..

sure why not..

LOL

This is meh for me

http://www.speedtest.net/result/488082326.png

WaryWolf writes...

pfft, weak.

http://www.penisenginemechanic.com/stuff/zooming.png

No way? that cannot be is australia we dont even have that fast of internet what country is that?

King Koopa™ writes...
No way? that cannot be is australia we dont even have that fast of internet what country is that?

Could be one of those fake ratio/speed modded clients. :D

That would be pretty sick internet to have, but even now im on 60gb and i cant even find stuff to download, and 2.0Mb/s is good enough for me by far, but i have like 4 days to go and still have like 20gb left dunno what to download

King Koopa™ writes... 

still have like 20gb left dunno what to download

What a moral dilemma.

/forum-replies.cfm?t=1201733

I am totally agog, just got 165k on a test torrent, back to watching the grass grow.

King Koopa™ writes...

No way? that cannot be is australia we dont even have that fast of internet what country is that?

you can quite happily have those figures no problem whilst sporting a 256/64 internet ADSL connection....how?

easy

stick a seed box on the end of your router in a DMZ and you'll get those numbers all day every day.

remember others will be uploading to your box so as to seed right...nothing stopping you grabbing off your box which is sitting just outside your LAN.

Cheers

http://www.penisenginemechanic.com/stuff/zooming.png

It's possible to achieve those speeds when downloading a torrent over LAN. Not saying that's how the poster actually did it of course...

If I get under 300kbps I feel like I am wasting too much time.

Typical for me is 700-800 and my record is 1.6Mbps.

Xavier writes... 

If I get under 300kbps I feel like I am wasting too much time.

Yeh that can be such a bore. :D

I dream of speeds like that.

King Koopa™ writes...

This is meh for me
http://www.speedtest.net/result/488082326.png

That's cheating! :)

We're comparing bittorrent speeds, not maximum download speed.

Only thing worse than p2pers is noob p2pers.

I got this a few days ago. I'm pretty happy with myself.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5558/fastf.jpg

Seik writes...

stop the presses! thommo55 got 400kbs on a torrent!

welcome to 2005 in Australia, late 90's everywhere else ;)

I just got off a 256kbps (25KB/s) connection, and seeing 150KB/s on a torrent was quite a happy moment. It's all relative i suppose.

You can get 4MB/s+ pretty easy on cable

Jeez you guys take that speed for granted I've been on 1.5MBit ADSL for about 3 years now. I used to think it was fast until my old ISP gave me a free month of a 8MBit plan. It was only a few months ago but I remember that the maximum I hit was 787kbps.
Now Im back to crummy old 1.5MBit my highest speed which I usually never get with torrents is 170kbps which I now realise how slow that is :(

Nightshine writes...

with torrents is 170kbps which I now realise how slow that is :(

slow? you could download a ½hr program at almost real time for that – thats not slow really.

CableMonkey writes...

slow? you could download a ½hr program at almost real time for that – thats not slow really.
Slow compared to me downloading a show in 4mins.

PainToad writes...

Slow compared to me downloading a show in 4mins.

Compared to a 40 minute show in 4 hours on 256k, or when shaped at 64k, 20 hours, it is very fast.

I max out at 158k, but as I mostly use private trackers I'm nearly always maxed anyway. It's fast enough, but I can't wait to get ADSL2, my exchange was supposed to be getting upgraded this month but it looks as if it's been delayed again.

Note the lack of response from the OP. Stop dangling your e-peens, kids :P

Allmost depends on the quality of the video if its in HD then it takes about 10-15 minutes to load a 7-9 minute HD video.
In terms of downloading it took me 2.5 hours to download a 1.6GB file and that was when my download was @ max speed the whole time.

If your in the right places – maxing your net is easy.

I'm on an 8MBit plan and I only ever get 500-700 if the torrent is well seeded. My usual lately has been anywhere from 120-300.
All other aspects of internet usage seem to be fine, either I have slightly erroneous settings in Vuze or Bigpond is shaping P2P in my area. :(

http://www.speedtest.net/result/499175546.png

so what provider are you guys getting these fancier speeds with, may i ask ?

get a box, 10-20mb/sec.

mist3rh writes...

so what provider are you guys getting these fancier speeds with, may i ask ?

I'd like to know too, I'm on the old 12/24 plan with OPTUS and only get MAX of around 100-150kb/s, once every blue moon.

I think the highest I've received was about 700kb/s. I nearly shat myself. D:

That's about average at the speed I usually download at.

I used to get excited at P2P speeds like the OP as well. Once I tried rapishare premium I realised how slow it actually was.

If you use private torrent sites they will max out your connection, I was using public for years before I found out the difference.

PainToad writes...

Only thing worse than p2pers is noob p2pers.

Lol!

mattsull writes...

30mb/s I think i win :P. Granted thats with a seedbox and a very well seeded private site

wtf
wat kinda net u on?

al200 writes...

wtf
wat kinda net u on?

Those speeds are possible in Australia.

Government organizations and Sydney residents are the only people I've seen to get those speeds though :(

you people really need to utilise usenet, where its max speeds all the time and not having to worry about "ooh im getting xxx kb/s" on torrents.

ive gotten up to 800 KBPS

I don't know if it was the improvements of Vista SP2 or the latest version of utorrent but I cracked 1.6MB/s on a private tracker the other night, and I thought Usenet was fast. Previous Best was 600KB/s.

Cheers

Dave

Im getting 0.9kb's a second on a torrent that is hardly seeded, and when the seeders do get on obviously they arent uploading at high speeds.....public torrents FTW!

I used to get speeds like 450 total and I thought that was really good then I moved house and changed from cable to adsl.

I was totally shocked to get over 600 on 3 torrents at the same time. Just amazing!!!

Im confused, ur saying 400kbps per second is bad when he probably has the bigpond standard cable or Adsl. In that case, those are good speeds.

liteon writes...

Since when do we have internet plans in australia that are capable of 30mb/s?

I've been to RMIT in Melbourne, they have fast internet :)

does it count that ive uploaded at 12.3MBps? with a seedbox though lol
maxing out an 8mbps connection really is nothing special though.

I've hit 13.3MB/s on my uTorrent seedbox :P

I've seen it spike to 50MB/s.

liteon writes...

Since when do we have internet plans in australia that are capable of 30mb/s?

Bigpond Cable Extreme, with a quiet node. I have seen 35mbit/sec.

mattsull writes...

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn191/mattsull_88/down.jpg
30mb/s I think i win :P. Granted thats with a seedbox and a very well seeded private site

I could draw that graph in MS Paint if I was a serious amputee.

PS dont doubt just wanted to crack a joke. Fail.

liteon writes...

Since when do we have internet plans in australia that are capable of 30mb/s?
Telstra cable.

This thread and you guys all suck, my 20mbps adsl2+ connection never goes over 200kbps.

*goes to cry at all the torrents that i could have downloaded had my nets not sucked.

Still dreaming about 400k. :D

HungLikaFlea writes...

This thread and you guys all suck, my 20mbps adsl2+ connection never goes over 200kbps.

Get better sources!

Muad'Dib writes...

Still dreaming about 400k. :D

Work for the Government ;)

4000k/s from my uni connection.

You lucky guys. I am stuck on 150kb for my home collection, even less for my optus wireless, although torrenting isn't viable on this.

I've seen my uni connection hit 6MiB/s, I get a max of 990KiB/s at home, TPG ADSL2+. I'm a fair distance from the exchange as well.

666th floger writes...

You lucky guys. I am stuck on 150kb for my home collection, even less for my optus wireless, although torrenting isn't viable on this.

Thats what I was stuck on in australia. My gf cant even get broadband at all. At the moment I am living in Tokyo with unlimited downloads on a connection that I have seen hit 7MB/s on public torrents. Its going to take a huge adjustment when I go back to that shi... err... wonderful place.

nasanu writes...

Thats what I was stuck on in australia. My gf cant even get broadband at all. At the moment I am living in Tokyo with unlimited downloads on a connection that I have seen hit 7MB/s on public torrents. Its going to take a huge adjustment when I go back to that shi... err... wonderful place.

You lucky bugga, I'd love to get those speeds. My new plan of attack is to buy a NAS with FTP or BT support support, and chuck an external hard drive on it. I currently use a seebox as it is impossible to maintain a good ratio with Australia's uploading speeds. Get the NAS to directly download from the seedbox, and just leave it on overnight to take up my offpeak allowance. Even with those horrible speeds, the limiting factor will be the data included, which at 80gb is enough for my needs.

Its probably where you are getting them from.

I have a pretty shit connection and I manage to get 680kbs all the time from private sites.

666th floger writes...

as it is impossible to maintain a good ratio with Australia's uploading speeds

Lol whut? It's certainly very possible.

Yeah I missed that. Also bollocks

Jotunheim writes...

Lol whut? It's certainly very possible.

Yeah, guess I phrased it wrong. From my experience (being stuck on ADSL 1 – max download speed of 150kbs and much worse for uploading) while using a laptop that runs so hot that if I left it on overnight I would find a nice round hole in my desk, it is hard to maintain a good ratio on private sites.

Get a seedbox and compete with the EU countries. I'm on ADSL1 and I have a ratio of 3.7 on one of my trackers. My upload speed is only 256.

Also some trackers offer seedbonus, you get points for just seeding, even if it's 0kbs.

15mps record or 120mbps from the good ol araditracker.com

My top was 500kb/s and only once with optus cable in frankston, but now im lucky for 170kb/s livin in gippsland

Alexander Fisher writes...

My top was 500kb/s and only once with optus cable in frankston, but now im lucky for 170kb/s livin in gippsland

Yeah I top off at 150k, TPG had no adsl2 ports in my area. It's a pain knowing that I could be spending the same amount have internet that is like 5 times as quick with an extra 70gb.

When are we gonna get 200 mbps connections and free/unlimited downloads?

What is your standard download speed? I can easily crack full speed on mine (1.4 mb/s) that is with private trackers.

Wow 400KB/s just seems slow these days. I often max out at ~1.8MB/s with private tracker... :D

I get 1.2MB/sec – 1.7MB/Sec from all my private trackers...
and with a 820Kbps Up Speed, I can easily maintain a decent tracker ratio...as long as yr on an ISP that doesn't count upload towards yr monthly allowance

DiTcHoRaMa writes...

as long as yr on an ISP that doesn't count upload towards yr monthly allowance

and there's the reason private sites are so bandwidth expensive with my dsl plan

don't understand how they can charge for upload as well as download..

think about sending an email with some attachements
the sender gets charged (in bandwidth) for uploading it
then the reciever gets charged (in bandwidth) for downloading it

essentially 2 people are being charged for the sending of data from point a to point b...in my mind that doesn't make any sense.

If you send a letter in the mail – the sender pays for the postage, the reciever doesn't pay...

thommo55 writes...

Im pretrty new at this, but it this pretty fast fot a torrent???

Thread title needs burying/correcting, and even when it reads 400KB/s, it's still only half of what a 8000/384 line (available everywhere ADSL is) will do.

Decent tracker, "well seeded" torrent, and torrent-software that's not been messed-with too much.

DiTcHoRaMa writes...

If you send a letter in the mail – the sender pays for the postage, the reciever doesn't pay...

There are many places in the world where both ends of a phone-call get charged. That & your examples don't relate to the problem though. It's all being counted against the one customer. You pay to download it, and pay to send it... Which is a dirty practice. The only time I can accept why they do it, to kick torrent users off. That I can understand, and never use that ISP ;)

Hahaha, well it certainly beats my record of 80kbs, you should have seen my excitement when I got that, I usually only get about 30kbs on my torrents lol.

That's still making the mistake of KB to Kb (or kbps). The difference is 8x, so it's important you know what you're writing.

Assuming you're on 1500/256, you should be getting ~155KB/s (1240kbps) with zero difficulty. You're currently telling us your record is 10KB/s, usually getting 3.75KB/s. That's normal dial-up speeds ;)

Connection – Speed – Time To Download 700MB
256/64 26 KB/s 448 minutes
512/128 54 KB/s 216 minutes
1500/256 157 KB/s 74 minutes
8000/384 840 KB/s 14 minutes

If you can't reach those speeds, something's wrong. Either your connection or (usually) software, or where you're connecting to. With torrents, it usually means a public tracker, and people with crap connections.

8000 and ADSL2 connections all depend on what speed your modem "syncs" at. For example, we had 8000 syncing at ~7500 and got more than 700KB/s. We changed to ADSL2+ and it's syncing at 10,800 giving us 1100KB/s.

Kb and KB. Small b refers to bits, big B refers to bytes. 8 bits in a byte.

The problem with BT is the reliance on seeds and peers. Unfortunately I've had to load up a torrent (first time in a while) because the files I'm looking for are not on Usenet (server based downloading).

Considering what ppl commonly download on BT (Apps,Movies,Games) is almost certainly on Usenet I can't get my head around why ppl still bother with this method of sourcing goods.

(My torrent is lectures that were hosted on BBC but not anymore).