It's your ISP. They connect through Shaw and Bigpipe, which are notorious for
throttling P2P down to nothing. If you want internet without surveillance and
censorship, don't get it from a cable company.

Azureus has new options for encryption you could try and you haven't
mentioned eMule. If Ares is the only one they're not blocking, stick with that
for now unless you can get DSL from Telus.