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radicalry00	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 14:09
	OK thanks Allan. I'll just ring AOL and give them some abuse... Doubt it will work but it'll make me feel better shouting at some Indian customer service rep.
_Allan_	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 14:06
	Nope the only one full speed probably is 80 and for HTTP browsing only. Torrent programs will use differnet ports to the generic ones used for TCP/IP etc.. Port 3389 (Terminal Services/Remote Desktop) - Port 80 (HTTP) - Port 443 (HTTPS) - Port 21 (FTP) - Port 22 (SSH) - Port 110 (POP3) - Port 25 (SMTP) - Port 143 (IMAP) - Port 587 (SMTP ALT) - Port 53 (DNS) and so on.. [Edited on 22-01-2009 by _Allan_]
radicalry00	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 14:02
	It's pathetic really as I don't really download that much anyway. Is there anyway to get round the problem and use different ports for torrents and downloads?
_Allan_	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 13:57
	Because they'll throttle on ports. Port 80 and browsing will be full speed. Any other that's in use including torrents etc.... will be limited. That's what BT were doing anyway.
radicalry00	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 13:50
	I haven't tested my speed on torrents. I just mentioned that my torrents stay below 40kb/s consistantly now whereas they used to go to 400kb/s+. It must be AOL throttling my downloads tbh as I haven't messed with my settings or anything.
dannymccann	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 13:44
	You might do well to not speed test your connection on torrents ;)
radicalry00	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 13:38
	I've tried lots of different sites. Tried downloading things like itunes from apple site, apps from sites like download.com and other stuff. Won't go any higher than 40kb/s. Torrents are the same too.
Dan Lewis	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 13:15
	Where are you downloading from?
radicalry00	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 12:23
	Do they do that then? Allow you full speed on certain sites but limit your downloads? The cheeky twats....
John	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 12:19
	It could be and probably is AOL throttling downloads and giving you full speed on speedtest sites.
radicalry00	posted on 22nd Jan 09 at 12:17
	Just wondering if anyone could help me out. I'm on AOL (stuck with them for another 12 months unfortunately) and recently all my downloads have been stuck at 35-40kb/s. I thought AOL might have been throttling my line but I've done a few speedtests and my speed comes out at 350kb/s and 50kb/s upload. Over the last few weeks I can only reach 40kb/s downloads though. It's odd. Can anyone tell me why my speedtest result was 10x faster than what my computer will now download at? Could it be my internet / router settings? Thanks in advance.