Author Topic: Slow Downloads  (Read 2161 times)

Offline ash2464

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Slow Downloads
« on: February 15, 2012, 01:52:24 pm »
Hi,
I'm new to Alt Binz and I'm having issues with the speed of my downloads.
When I first installed it, it went great at about 500kb/s and now it hovers around 20kb/s.
I haven't gone over my monthly downloads or anywhere near it.
I'm really not sure what I'm doing here, I had a look through the topics but none of them seemed to help me.
Sorry for my lack of knowledge but I need help!

Offline Hecks

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Re: Slow Downloads
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2012, 08:20:39 pm »
If you happen to have another usenet client installed, a good way to start debugging here would be to try the other client, and if you have the same speeds you know it's not an Alt.Binz issue and that you need to investigate your ISPs traffic management policies more closely - they are getting sneakier by the day - or look into network problems with your usenet provider (post a support ticket with them).

If you're getting higher speeds than Alt.Binz, we know that we need to look at your setup more closely.  Some things to try: increase number of threads; try different ports; try SSL connections (your usenet provider should have info about all of these); try completely disabling antivirus and firewall temprorarily, etc.

Offline ash2464

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Re: Slow Downloads
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2012, 01:03:48 am »
I don't have any other clients installed, just this one.
I also tried turning off antivirus and firewall before posting here.
I fiddled around with the setup options last night changing ports, trying SSL ect and it didn't seem to change anything at all. So i put it all back to normal and let it be.
But then, I woke up this morning and it is back to normal speed! No idea what I've done but hopefully it stays this way.
Thanks for your help.