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By: mike

mike — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:23:56 +0000

My max was 1.2mb/s using vuze and i have regular optimum so if i had ultra i would have insane speeds.

By: Sascha

Sascha — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:00:36 +0000

Not that anybody ever comes back to a one month old posting (which is like 1995 in Internet years), I still wanted to throw this little comment out there:

YouTube loading slow on your fat pipe is not Google’s fault, but actually a feature! Most people never actually watch a video to the end but loose interest after 25 seconds or so, so they don’t load the whole video on purpose to save bandwidth, but only as much as needed to play it without interruptions. It’s actually pretty smart and I felt you aren’t doing Google justice (like they need it!) by saying it’s their fault.

By: Beeks

Beeks — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:20:32 +0000

I’ve got Ultra as well but can’t seem to seed on any private torrents. I’ve tried all the security settings in Vuze and uTorrent as well.

This is because Optimum is using Sandvine to traffic shape.. Essentially blocking seeding.

If anyone finds a way aruond this please drop me a line.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:14:22 +0000

Nicholas,

I get consistent 12MB/s on Thundernews & Giganews w/ Comcast Ultra. Lovin the service!

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:19:41 +0000

Under the Transfer section of Options, increase the max connections and max upload slots, by say tenfold.

By: dwalk51

dwalk51 — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:35:18 +0000

Jesus thats fast! You’re upload speed pwns my download speed. Completely configured I get ~300kKbps =/
I’m super incredibly jealous.

By: Nicholas Deleon

Nicholas Deleon — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:05:37 +0000

Well the “private” BitTorrent site I used in the example bans Transmission because of its shaky history. So I’m stuck with Vuze, I guess.

By: jegor

jegor — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:59:02 +0000

could you try downloading something like ubuntu using download accelerator e.g. downthemall flashgot or DAP?

By: Steve Ehrenberg

Wed, 20 May 2009 18:58:02 +0000

When was the last time you tried Transmission? I suppose it USED to be pretty buggy but I think it’s pretty rock solid now.. Very light weight too. Also, there’s a beta of uTorrent for the mac out there too. x=) /me continues his jealous rage for you.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:46:13 +0000

I hit 600kB the other day and was excited…now I’m just jealous! haha Vista + uTorrent though…so meh, I blame myself… :(

By: str1f3

str1f3 — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:29:30 +0000

I have Optimum and you’re making me jealous and angry.