I'm actually still learning the torrent ropes as well...
I have good speeds sometimes and crap speeds at other times, I find that if a torrent has very slow speeds and not to many hosts, I will cancel it for a day or two and resume it from my incomplete folder at another time and half the time they start zooming along...

Just remember you may get well up into the 100's for hosts...

Have a look through these, it will give you some tips on what the torrent scene is all about...
What is a torrent?
BitTorrent FAQ and Guide
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/283980-post2.html

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Hmm, cool.

Well, from what Ive 'learned' so far ( and correct me if Im wrong), there are 2 numbers associated with torrents- seeds and leeches. I THINK seeds are places to download from (sources), and leeches are sources downloading the file. If there are more leeches than seeds, then itll likely be a slow DL.

The less seeds, as well, the slower.

So... that means torrents would fall victim (or be greatly helped by) popularity. More popular a file is (like a hit movie), the more people will downlaod it, meaning there will be much more seeds (the more ppl that DL, the more seeds are 'established', cuz as you DL a torrent, you at the same time upload the file back, creating a seed)
Vice versa with not so popular files. Less seeds, slower DL.

If this is true, then that would explain partially (or perhaps majorly) why my torrent is being 'slow' - its not a very popular series. There were only less than 30 episodes in the whole show series. I think the most seeds I seen on one of the torrent site was about 60.


Like I said, i THINK this is how it works.