BitTorrent issues with FC4 isos

[Alex Evonosky]

Ben Steeves wrote:
> On 6/14/05, Jared Buck <JBuck814366460 at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'vve tried everything I can think of, and right now, BT in my opinion is
>>just not very efficient at downloading ANYTHING. At my current speed it will
>>take 8 DAYS to finish downloading the FC4 isos, and that isn't acceptable to
>>me.  These slow speeds are the only reason I currently have a very big
>>dislike of BT.
> 
> 
> Talk with your ISP... maybe they're blocking/filtering ports.
> 
> Investigate.  NMAP your machine from the outside and see if ports
> 6881-6899 are open.  It doesn't sound like they are.
> 

Sounds more like they are mitigating traffic on those ports.  They are 
allowing them, but at only at bandwidth x on those ports.  This is 
usually done using mitigating appliances within the headend/ISP.