I'm new to the site and have downloaded a few files. The files download great but my uploading is next to nothing which means I've already received a warning from admin! I totally understand and agree with the ethos of sharing and I keep torrents open for seeding but it's not uploading. I've read previous posts on this topic and decided to try Deluge instead of utorrent hoping the uploads would improve but no luck. I suffer the same poor upload rates on both my pc and laptop and have suffered the problem on other such sites too which makes me look like someone who doesn't share. Is there anything I can do? I've tried disabling my firewall and made sure it has exceptions for the torrent client. I'm think it's my internet connection, poor upload speed from Sky Broadband in UK. Out of interest, how much will donations fix my ratio? It might be my only option:s


Eilir

What sort of upload speeds are you getting? Speeds in the UK are very heavily in favour of downloading rather than uploading.

All I can suggest in the mean while is having a look at this post I made some time ago:

http://foru.mma-torrents.com/viewtopic. ... 3&start=0&

It has a few big packs on there that are freeleech, so you can grab them and seed as much as possible.

I'm getting at best around 30 KiB/s but generally nothing unless I'm downloading that particular file.





Done a speed test and my upload speed is 0.24mb/s compared to 2.75mb/s download when using a fone tether, whilst on Sky Broadband my upload speed is 1.12mb/s and download is 1.21 mb/s. . The client never seems to connect to many leechers for very long so my ratio is constantly getting tipped the wrong way due to decent download speed. Quite annoying!
I'll try some of the freeleech files, thank you very much for your help.

Eilir

Hi mate, thanks for the quick reply. I'm using a router Sky provides, it's a white Netgear DG834GT from what I can gather. It's about two years old. Maybe I should contact them to see if there's a better one available. I'd buy a faster one myself but Sky have their own firmware and I'm not too sure how to get around that with a third party router. I'm connecting via cable and the best connection I can get in my area is 1mb/s. I also have been using an usb tether from an android fone as a short-term quick download solution but this isn't something I'll be able to continue to do because Vodafone are going to start charging for going over 5gb/month soon. Oddly enough I still can't upload much even using the tether. Thanks for the information about the donations, I think that's my best bet in order to get a head start ratio-wise. Awesome site by the way, hopefully I'll be able to hang around for a while yet!

Eilir

Some of your problems may be down to traffic shaping. I know Sky do that, and would explain why you might have issues holding onto leechers.

My best bet is to ask for a new router if possible (claim old doesnt work properly or smth) and if that doesnt help, complain until they upgrade and give you a faster line.

I know it sounds corny but if everybody would complain they would be forced to do something about it.

Great that you like it here, I really hope that you can get it sorted one way or the other. If you have some other way of contributing to the community we are always happy to help our active members out with the ratio, but donating is off course always an option.