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uTorrent gone slow all of a sudden

**Timbuk2** · 2007-12-08 16:32:16

I was downloading on uTorrent (my first download). It was going slow at the start (around 5.9kb/s), then I increased the upload limit to unlimited and the download speed soared up to around 50-60kb/s However, I restarted my computer, the download started back up again (it's the same download, just around half way through),…

08-12-2007 4:32pm

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**Timbuk2**

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I was downloading on uTorrent (my first download). It was going slow at the start (around 5.9kb/s), then I increased the upload limit to unlimited and the download speed soared up to around 50-60kb/s

However, I restarted my computer, the download started back up again (it's the same download, just around half way through), but now it's back at 3kb/s!!!!

What has happened here?

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#2 08-12-2007 4:36pm

challengemaster

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see, you're downloading the torrent from other people who have it (seeders/peers). how fast you get it, depends on how fast they're uploading it. some people set their max upload speed to 1kb/s..

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