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Re: Notice, new uTorrent Alpha may be able to evade throttling
For those that aren't seeing an overall improvement --
A goal of uTP is to let you turn off the Upload Speed Limit that keeps your speeds (both upload and the tit-for-tat* download) artificially low. With uTP, your Upload Speed Limit will adjust to conditions -- getting out of the way of your more active Network uses but making better use of your network and ISP when it is more idle.
#1 -- After installing the new version, you should change your port number. Likewise, for a particular torrent, click on Advanced and then Clear Peer List (you will get a new list from the tracker). If this helps, it's because your peers have cached you by your old IP address and port number, and if they connected to you before, they will reconnect using whatever mode they were connected to you before you updated (TCP, encryption).
#2 -- uTP is more conservative than TCP -- meaning, if you were not throttled or working around the throttling somehow (MLPPP, for example), then this new uTorrent will likely have less throughput while you're sitting at the keyboard doing interactive things (surfing, game-playing) than the previous TCP-based version did. Where it should shine is when you're away from the keyboard.
The best way to notice if it's working is 1- can you comfortably surf and play when it's running, and 2- when the network is not otherwise in use, does it rise to overall speeds that were faster than with previous uTorrent versions?
#3 -- Turn off the upload limit. Previously, most of us used the upload speed limit control to avoid overrunning our broadband modem. With uTP running, you don't need that anymore, not even for the legacy TCP connections.
For those that are still having trouble browsing (like b34tBoX): Please visit »forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=49813 and read the first message. If that doesn't help, then post a message there describing the problem. As well as offering better speeds when you're not using the computer, a goal of uTP is to avoid exactly the surfing problem you're having. They need to figure out why it's not working as it should with your system.
*a feature of BitTorrent is that it reciprocates -- better uploaders are matched with other better uploaders, it's not only a reward, it's a more efficient pairing.
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