Bad uTorrent speeds

[Mr.BerexaCEO]

My dl speed on uTorrent usually very slow. Sometimes it will get up to about 35-45 kB/s(almost never) but then it will drop again soon after.
uTorrent tells me that the port is not open. I followed the instructions on portforward.com but the test from uTorrent still says that the port is blocked. There is also a red circle at the bottom (not yellow warning triangle) that says 'not connectable'.What can I do?
I am running Windows XP SP2, I'm using a Westell Versalink router
I tried setting up port forwarding on the router. I also tried deactivating the firewall on the router and exiting SpySweeper and Trend Micro. I'm not using Windows Firewall.

[DigitalJunkie]

Krell had posted where ISPs that are blocking Torrent traffics, go see if your ISP has something to do with this!

http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/p2p-politics/t-is-your-isp-blocking-bittorrent-40742.html#post457158

[Mr.BerexaCEO]

I don't know if it's my ISP, Verizon's not on the list.

Anyway, if anyone else has a tip for boosting speed it would be appreciated, thanks.

[jaysik]

Have you tried changing the port and unchecking the use random port option in utorrent?

[jaysik]

This is from Sekoyens Blog, I would recommend these option settings:
I have tested many settings and bittorent software but this is the best I could get for maximum download speed.

* Enable Upnp port mapping (checked)
* Add utorrent to Windows Firewall exceptions (checked)
* Global maximum upload rate (30) kB/s
* Alternate upload (35) kB/s
* Global maximum number of connections: 150
* Maximum number of connected peers per torrent: 50
* Number of upload slots per torrent: 4
* Use additional upload slots if upload speed
* Maximum number of active torrent: 3
* Maximum number of active downloads: 2
* Enable DHT network (unchecked)
* Enable DHT for new torrent (unchecked)
* Enable Peer Exchange (checked)
* Enable scrapping (checked)
* Pre-allocate all files (unchecked)
* Seed ration: 150%

[Mr.BerexaCEO]

Thanks for trying guys.

I found a windows SP2 patch that changes the maximum allowed TCP connections atone time. SP2 apparently changes the limit to 10 and with this patch you make your own limit.

http://lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=downloads

Helped me, speeds now up to 70-85 kB/s.

[jaysik]

that was going to be my next suggestion, also got DSL reports and use their tweaking software. Another good program to get is XP SMOKED