Two quick questions. Does this have any new DRM attached (extremely unlikely)? And two, how the hell did it jump from 4.4.9 beta to 4.20???

DRM? As long as BitTorrent is community supported, it will never have DRM.

Ok I've never really used bittorrent in the past, so I thought I'd try it out, I was just curious, does it always take hundreds of days to download something or is there a problem with my computer ( For reference, I have comcast cable internet and my speed usually is at 54 Mbps.)

change the mdps in its options/preferences screen

mbps*

Thanks LCOBRA, I switched to bitcomet, the only problem is the downloads are still slow, it might be that its not really supported by other users :-/ oh well Thanks though I appreciate it greatly

o yeh, i guess the number of hosts could b the problem too. (smack my head *DUH!*)

Ankoku, it's (probably) not your computer. Probably noth the client either tho some are faster than others. It's most likely the particular torrent. Get on a well-seeded one ("number of hosts" as LCOBRA said) and it will go fast. Another posssibility is that your ISP is slowing bt traffic, but try a torrent with lots of seeds (= peers with complete copies), it should be fast if everything else is OK.

ahahaha 4.20. is this the bitcomet to get high with or what? :P

So this the original client the one the MPAA "brouht" out for future ventures. Stay away from this one.

I use Utorrnet and ABC myself rankly they are the best of the small and feature rich BT'C'S I have seen or used.
Bit comment and Azerus never seemed to run quite right for me 0-o
ANd remember if you are new to the BT seen it can take up to 5 mintes for a download to find all the peers and seeds maxing out the speed of the downlaod,and soem thigns will just downlaod so *L*,so dont get to fusrated and have fun downlaoding stuff ^^
I am stuck on dail up and I cant do anyhtign other than keep up with acuple anime shows...when I was wathchign 10 ><

@ Ankoku

Are you on a router? Bittorrent has problems with some routers. You may need to forward a port to your router from Bittorent. This will maximize your download speed.

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So this the original client the one the MPAA "brouht" out for future ventures. Stay away from this one.

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So it's not worth upgrading after all... Thanks plutonash!

@ Nick600
Yeah Im using a router, that sounds like it might be the biggest problem because I noticed last night that my signal consistently drops, I'll try some port forwarding, I appreciate your help

@ Ankoku

Sent you a PM. I think I might have sent you a blank PM by mistake as well. I apologize if it's the case.

I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there is a program that will detect the fastest port for a router, I don'y mind the slow speeds of 22kbps, but I am sure that it would go much faster if I found the right port. Thankyou

@ Paiin

Sent you a PM also.

sounds interesting ,hook me up eh?
I am on dail up and I need all the speed I can get :P
altho it might not help me any *L*

@ ZIppyDSM

Sent you a pm also but then thought other people might wanna know too. :-)

For anybody interested. Here's a link to a website containing detailed instructions on how to do port forwarding. In a lot of cases, it only takes about 5-10 minutes to do and it will maximize your download speed if you are using a router for cable or DSL.
I had a lot of trouble with my download speed with BT until someone hooked me up with this.

http://www.portforward.com

Thanks!

Befor I go get lost int eh forums I'll just ask here.

I am looking for a good leechers version BT clinet,or at least soemthign that will let you have control over peers,uploading and such I am on dailup and it seems most BTC's just dont work,ABC is woefuly under featured for dailup,U torrent seems to be built well enough to handle itself but I cant quite limit the uping right....*sigh* dailup is going to be the end of me ><
I recall azerus being feature rich but I hate java apps they are pissy things......

Sorry dude. Wish there was more I could do to help. Unfortunately, I'm not all that familiar with anything else than the regular bittorent.

Nick600
regular BT? blah! your missing out ABC,Utorrent,Azerous,Bit comment all are great feature rich BTCs that give alot more ooptions that regular BT ever will as well as faster speeds and better data handleing,U torrent is one of the best small and VERY efficant....I guess I will try Azeruos again....blah.....wheres that java exe..have to redownload and install the btch.....

Try utorrent with this tutorial http://www.johntp.com/2006/04/19/how-to-increase-download-speeds-of-utorrent/

I am on dail up there are 3 speeds...grass growing...pain drying...and...water touture....

altho get this I have seen Uploading spike to 15KB and hover around 12KB befor going down and hovering around 7 and 8 KB.....whitch realy piss me off becuse download rarely goes above 5KB
even useing U torrent limits dont seem to help any 0-o

Oh man! when I think back on my dialup days... I would never go back to dialup. I'd rather pay $200 a month for my cable connection.