Total speed: 300kb/s DL/UL speed: 15kb/s

[roster19]

Right now I'm using ABC and I'm getting an average dl/ul speed of about 15kb/s(30 max), but for some reason my total speed is at over 300kb/s. I haven't gotten a lot of speed so I've limited my upload speed to 7kb/s. I've done all the firewall/port forwarding configurations to get the color green, but it only improved from the previous 2kb/s dL speed.
So I guess my questions are: Is this normal on BT? Is it necessary to upload more than 7kb/s? Is ABC a poor client?
thx.

[Auggie2k]

The more you upload with the bt, the quicker the downloads are, thats the way bt works! Max you uploads and see what happens!

[roster19]

I've set uploading to unlimited & my dL are lingering at 20kb/s at the moment? How long will it take for my DL to get a moral boost?

[Auggie2k]

Bittorrents only get faster so be patient, it also depends on the number of seeders and leechers!