BitTorrent is not equal to piracy as it is merely a method to transfer file. They could also block the BitTorrent website itself but this can be easily bypassed by changing the DNS or use a web proxy. Sometimes an ISP can temporarily lift the BitTorrent ban on certain days or time range that normally starts from midnight till morning.
A more sophisticated method in detecting and controlling BitTorrent traffic is by Deep Packet Inspection. This system is able to intelligently detect BitTorrent usage and starts shaping the traffic by throttling the download speed to a minimum without requiring specific rules of blocking BitTorrent websites or trackers. As we said earlier, not all BitTorrent usage is linked to piracy. There are many legitimate software packages such as the different Linux distributions that can be downloaded using BitTorrent.
If you are curious to know if your ISP is throttling or slowing down BitTorrent usage, here are some ways to test it without getting into trouble. Before you can determine if your ISP is throttling your BitTorrent download speed, you must first know what is the full Internet connection speed. A good and easy way to test is by visiting speedtest. That is the full download speed that can be achieved by downloading from the standard HTTP port 80 which is normally not blocked or throttled.
The best way to test BitTorrent is obviously to use a BitTorrent client and try downloading a file. However there are some concerns if some anti piracy agencies are able to track and fine users for downloading pirated contents, or installing some spyware that is bundled in the BitTorrent client application.
Visit Ubuntu download page , scroll down to the BitTorrent area and select any version of Ubuntu to download. Run Deluge, drag the Ubuntu. Click the Add button to start downloading Ubuntu using BitTorrent protocol. Ubuntu is a well seeded and healthy torrent so you should achieve the download speed similar to the results you get from speedtest.
Another sign of your ISP not blocking or throttling BitTorrent traffic is when you see that the download speed achieving the maximum speed in just a few seconds instead of having to wait minutes. You can now delete the whole DelugePortable folder. If you prefer to run a BitTorrent download and upload test without downloading or installing any third party BitTorrent client software, there is an online service called Glasnost that has been around since to easily test if your ISP is sharing your Internet traffic.
There are different tests that you can run apart from BitTorrent which is selected by default. You will need to wait seconds for a series of automated download and upload tests to be run to determine if your traffic rate is being limited by your ISP. Noisy measurement can be caused by unstable Internet connection or even by your ISP as a method to throttle BitTorrent traffic.
You can however still run Glasnost tests on other web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera. Article Edit Discuss. We start off by opening the uTorrent client by clicking on the icon. Was this step helpful? Yes No I need help. When uTorrent is open, we need to click "Options", which is located in the upper-left corner of the window.
Once the "Preferences" window opens, we need to click "Bandwidth". For example, the download and upload limits are set to 0 by default, which means that they are not limited.
Enter the most optimal value, which is 50 kilobytes per second. For example, we can set the maximum download rate to Once we set the settings according to our preferences, we click "OK". Share this Article:. Write An Article Random Article. Recent changes. Meet a Community Member. Join the Community. Follow Us On Author Help.
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