bit torrent problem

[mike19]

i was woundering if any one has any ideas on how to speed up the downloads or what is the best program to use that downloads them fast

thanks for all your help

[The Dude]

For bittorrent I use ABC, and I port forward ports 6881 to 6889.
For other downloads I use Flashget.

[mike19]

how are the speeds for u when u are using that program and have applied the settings u have specified

[The Dude]

I saw a big increase in speed using ABC after I port forwarded. My estimated download time went from days to hours. I think the best I ever saw was 30 to 40 kbs. Bit torrent is slow, you are downloading from someone's home PC that has there upload caped by there ISP. Plus a lot of people cap there upload even more in there client so they can get a faster download. I only use bit torrent if I absolutely have to. For normal downloading I use flashget. I don't know what it's download speed is but I have mine setup to make 6 simultaneous connections.

[mike19]

oh alright got ya also is there a way to download the warez using a ftp client instead of the bit torrent program also how do people use the flashget to download the ftp files i heard that using the flashget makes the files download faster when they have it hooked up to what ever ftp program they use well hopefully u can give me some more insight on these topics thanks

[The Dude]

Sorry, can't help you with warez, that's illegal and not discussed on this forum.

[mike19]

alright got ya thanks

[mmione]

BitTorrent is far from slow. It is one of the fastest clients out there. You connect to several people, sometimes thousands all uploading to you. You connect to them through a tracker. But anyways, always try to get the torrent with the most seeds or peers, that will help speed up the torrent. I have had speeds over 600KB/s.