Comcast and Bit Torrent

mattford11

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Well, pretty simple i guess. I'm using comcast internet and bit torrent, and i throttle my upload speed under 3k/s when i download. Problem is that the cable modem disconnects and the lights that turn off are the " cable link " and the " cable activity "

Any one have some suggestionsto keep bit torrent working and playing nicely w/ comcast or cable modem?

Thanks

Matt
 

mattford11

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type in experimental bit torrent in google and its the top link ;)

how much is too much for comcast?
 

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Lifer
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Try it without using bit torrent and see if that helps. Comcast won't say how much is too much, but I would stay under 15-20 Gig.

 

mattford11

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tried it, and it stays online when im not using BT. ive had it up for like 4 hours and it hasnt disconnected yet, but after like 20 mins of use w/ BT on, it will lose connection.

Matt
 

BigFatCow

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i used to have a problem like this with my DSL, when i got a router the problem went away.
 

Nothinman

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Comcast won't say how much is too much, but I would stay under 15-20 Gig.

In 43 days I've downloaded 126G, I havn't heard anything yet.

And for the record I use bittorrent with Comcast and it works fine.
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Nothinman
Comcast won't say how much is too much, but I would stay under 15-20 Gig.

In 43 days I've downloaded 126G, I havn't heard anything yet.

And for the record I use bittorrent with Comcast and it works fine.

Lucky B@st@rd. :) You must not live in an area run by the bandwith Nazis.
 

JackMDS

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Wow, and I thought that the whole Internet is less than 126G. ;)
 

onelin

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I've heard typical monthly "max" is 90-100GB before you get a letter. I run BT just fine through comcast, sounds like your modem is funky. I cap to 14KB/sec upload and it still works fine. I easily run 50 on high months, less otherwise.
 

Dundain

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I run bittorrent behind a router on my Comcast at home and have never had a problem. However, my apartment has DSL and I'm behind a router and quite often when I get on bittorrent it'll kill the connection for whatever else is running (like IRC, IM, etc.). The only thing I can reason out is that Bittorrent basically just uses almost all the avalible bandwidth, too much information at once? I dunno.