@dnniwa485

Thanks for sharing us your torrent performance. I only wish that I can also have that kind of speed.
Before i was having good speed with torrents. But sometime around November my speed went down. That's with good healthy torrents and uploading as much as i can.

I think not all the users are affected. So i plea for help and updates from Bayan mods or any other Bayan representatives that could help us with this problem.

Just to add to the list of people with very frustrating torrent problems.

I've been a loyal BayanDSL subscriber for about 3 years now. I also observed a sharp decrease in performance sometime in October, particularly for torrent downloads.

My port is forwarded properly and I have a high upload ratio. I keep my PC well maintained and everything on it is legit. I have good security on my wireless network using MAC address exclusions. My present BayanDSL plan is Php2600/mo (this is not a cheap plan by any means).

I used to be able to reach total download speeds of 250-290kbps with an open port, with the healthy torrents peaking at about 150kbps or so. The last time I was able to do this (to my recollection) was right after typhoon Ondoy- ambilis pa ng torrents nun. After, SOBRANG bagal na.

Now, swerte na yung makakuha ng 25kbps on a VERY healthy torrent, even after midnight. Most torrents give me sluggish 5-15kbps download speeds. My total DL speed these days averages at 30-40kbps, which is unacceptable considering the performance I used to get in the past. Many times, it feels almost like pre-DSL performance with torrent downloads.

I noticed yesterday that my total DL speed hit the old peak of over 200kbps around 5am-ish, but it quickly went back down an hour later. Is some kind of cap in place? Does that mean there is no difference between a cheaper and a more expensive monthly DSL plan when it comes to torrent DLs?

Direct downloads work fine, but like many many many other DSL subscribers here and around the world, torrents are a very important part of my online activity.

This is very disappointing performance and I hope this will be addressed at the soonest possible time. Considering all the other bugs of BayanDSL recently, I'm really starting to feel like I'm not getting my money's worth with the monthly plan I have. I wonder if subscribers to other broadband services have been experiencing the same problems?

Has there been any concrete response from BayanDSL admin apart from the usual generic "how to maximize torrent downloads" tips? Even experienced users have been observing a drastic drop in torrent DL speed so I think concrete feedback and advice is in order.

Thanks.

Any updates dito sa -SLowww Torrent?? 2months na hndi parin naaayos since october nag start and lahat kami na nagrereklamo ay pare-pareho ang scenario na ngyayari. Hope maayos na eto bago sumapit ang xmas or NEW YEAR. Please BAYAN..

is this real? 26,000 and 12,000 peers? hehehe, how about the availability/health of the torrent?

from the uTorrent user manual:

Why does µTorrent get stuck at a certain percentage for a torrent job?

Check the availability of the torrent job, the number of seeds there are in the swarm, the the number of peers there are in the swarm, and the amount of wasted data that you've downloaded.

If the availaiblity is below 1.0 and the number of seeds is high, then the torrent swarm is most likely fake, and was created by anti-P2P organizations.

If the availability is below 1.0 and the number of seeds is low as well, then you will have to be patient, as the torrent contents may simply not be well distributed.

If you are seeing a large amount of wasted data, check this FAQ (see excerpt below).

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Why is there a large amount of wasted data being downloaded?

In many cases, this is an indication that the swarm you are connected to is fake or poisoned and set up by some anti-P2P organization. You might want to consider finding another source for the data you are trying to download. If this occurs with many torrent jobs, the problem could be an indication that your hardware is bad. Bad RAM, hard drive, or hard drive cables have been known to cause hashfails in µTorrent. Another source of hashfails may be your router. Some routers (like D-Link's) have been known to corrupt data when the router has DMZ (game) mode enabled, thus preventing users from completing downloads.

I've tried enduring this problem for more than two months now without any definite solutions. Called BayanDSL tech support multiple times (>10), had open tickets with support all ending in "there is no problem with your plan 1699 sir (when it was obviously operating at less than plan 799 speeds)" and I even reported the problem personally to their offices without anything being resolved. Two months later, my plan 1699 @ 799 is now as fast as a 384kbps dial-up on torrents.

Thanks for ruining Christmas Bayantel. I had my account locked at 1280kbps for the last 2 or 3 years (with SOD reaching 1536kbps constantly) only to be demoted to a 384kbps line while still paying 1699. I don't know if I can sue you but if I can I will since Bayan is wrongfully advertising speeds listed and offering degraded performance.

And the icing on the cake? Their incessant replies and instructions to add @sod or check your line or reboot your modem or whatever. Dudes, I know more about networking than you do so tell your engineers to check what the hell is wrong on their end and fix it.

Alas, there is no solution to this problem. Maybe jumping ship will be a better choice than to wait for this company to get its act together.

-- mrplan1699 (performance downgraded to 799 [768kbps] and further downgraded currently to 384kbps)

1) No. And Yes. No since my subscription/line has been degraded performance-wise, Yes since my torrents are even more slower.
2)


I will move my rants to my own thread if that is what you want, I've actually made my own thread discussing this issue. I only thought starting off with this thread from where many have already complained that they have problems with torrents was a good idea. I may have been mistaken.

I don't have any problem with my DSL connection, but i do have a problem with torrent speed.

Bumibilis lang cya pag madaling araw.

All settings are proper with my speed. Still having slow download torrent speed.

Upload speed is still ok, just like before. So seeding isn't a problem.

Do i have to contact customer support regarding my problem?

In case you (mrplan1699) want to explore further what's on your mind, here's something to boost you up. A news article I read about P2P throttling "Comcast Coughs Up $16m in P2P Throttling Settlement". ISP can really slow down torrent (P2P or peer to peer) traffic because it eats up bandwidth and they will not admit it if they do. Napansin ko rin lately na bumagal yung torrent download do. Once a torrent starts ang bilis, going up to 60kbps then after a few seconds it drops down to 10kbps. Another thing which may not be related to torrent is the way the mods project the connection speed to Bayantel. What good is a high speed connection to Bayantel kung may bottleneck naman palabas ng country. Hindi naman website sa Pilipinas ang dahilan kaya tayo naginternet. All of us here access sites outside the Philippines so a good connection to the ISP is not a factor kung yung bandwidth of their backbone palabas is low.
But this is in the US, lagi naman agrabyado tayong mga consumer dito sa Pinas. Pati justice system natin pang 3rd world, it favors the rich and powerful.
Lahat tayo affected dito even the mods kasi they are also net users unless of course they get extra favors from Bayantel because they work for them.
Peace mga bro! Just sharing my view on the torrent topic.

Copy and paste the link to your browser.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/comcast_coughs_16m_p2p_throttling_settlement

4 years ko ng gamit ang plan 2600 ng Bayandsl , direct connect ang modem ko sa pc ko... dati yung torrent ko umaagot ng 200kbps tapos bandang Q4 ng 2009 ang hirap hirap na mag download sa torrent... then i tried port forwarding kaso hindi pala pwede gawin sa Dyamic IP yun kasi kahit anong gawin mong set ng IP sa pc mo at sa modem/router mo eh mapapalitan parin sya dahil daaan yun sa PPP adapter ng Bayandsl at every time na mag rereconnect ka nag babago yung IP address dyan sa PPP adapter ng Bayantel. and every time na i checheck ko kung open na yung port sa torrent... ang lumalabas na IP ay yung nasa PPP adapter... so sa tingin ko lang doon nag kaka conflict yung port natin kaya di ma optimize ng torrent yung download at upload speed ng connection natin...

kung di nyo alam paano makita yung PPP adapter ng bayantel punta lang kayo sa Run> Type cmd>Type ipconfig lalabas na yun doon ^^...

luge nga bayad ko ngayun... ilang months na ako nag titiis at nag sasayang ng kuryente para lang maka pag download sa torrent ng kung ano ano... kaya nga pinaka matulin kinuha ko para maka tipid sa kuryente dahil di ko na kakailanganin iwan magdamagan pc ko na bukas.. yun pala ganon din iiwan ko din dahil mabagal sya mag download sa torrent...