Torrent downloads too slow?

Some reasons for slow torrent downloads:
Well, first I need to say that BitTorrent downloads depend on many variables. The main thing to mention is the fact that usually you are not downloading from a single powerful server with a high bandwidth connection to the net, but from a dude’s or a couple of dudes’ personal computers. Some of them might be seeding torrents via a dial up connection, although this is a pure torture for man and machine
When a download starts, you connect directly to the peer’s computer. If he’s seeding with 25 K/s, that’s the best speed you can get from him. The good part is that you can download from many pc-s at once. So, if your connection is able to download with 250 K/s and connect to 10 peers who seed with 25 K/s, you’ll be using the full force of your Internet connection.
The problem with the torrents is that sometimes no one is seeding the particular file or directory. This usually happens when the torrent ages in time and gets down on the Torrent tracker list. If there is no one seeding, torrent leechers are going to sit and wait in pain and frustration…



Usually torrent trackers show how many people are seeding the torrent at particular moment. Choose torrents with many seeders or at least one or two if you are desperate for the file in question!
A basic rule here is that the newer the torrent is, the bigger the download speed is. Only the latest additions have steady and stable speed. If there are less seeders, download speed starts to vary.
It’s always a lottery if you are going to get a high download speed but it’s worth the try.