OT: BitTorrent, encryption, traffic shaping and the Internet

[Ivan Avery Frey]

Aaron Vegh wrote:
> It's worth noting that the traffic shaping is designed to limit UPLOAD
> rates, not download. Cable internet is pro at handling downloading,
> but crapola at uploads. As a result, I notice my download rates are
> fine, but uploads are a trickle...less than a 1K/sec, very often.
> According to the Rogers tech I spoke with, it should be higher than
> that, but they're still working on the technology... in short, they're
> still figuring it out.

Are you behind a NAT Router? If so you need to port forward the bittorrent ports.

Ivan.
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