why so slow ?!

[Bravo613]

Hi. My bandwidth (on telcom 4 mbps line) is 2.04 mbps, but when downloading torrents my speed is between 8 kbps and 20 kbps on an ushaped account . can any one tell me why ??

 

[gregmcc]

Because thats the nature of torrents - they suck

It depends on the speed of where your connections are going.

 

[Bravo613]

thanks. so what is the alternative?

 

[Alchemist]

eMule

 

[gregmcc]

news servers - you have a choice of local or international. there's a few posts here on how to setup to the local news server. I go for easynews though - you can download either via nntp or you can zip your files up and download via http - much more friendlier

 

[Metalspawn]

Ye i am also wndering because the past few days my dsl have been "flying" at 100kb to 200 kb and sometimes even 38! so fast

 

[Bravo613]

i thought e-mule was just another torrent brand? (thanks for all the help btw)