I hate bit torrent

I am using Utorrent to download the ff14 beta since their default patcher sucks shit.  A few minutes ago, my upload was at 2.5 MB/s, and my download was at 200 KB/s.  Seriously?
 
I hate that PC developers are switching to Torrents for updates and client downloads.  I know it saves them money and server space, but most people have no idea how to properly set one up to download faster.  As well as give other people faster speeds.   Steam doesn't use torrents and they seem to download just fine.  I've downloaded a game off of steam at 5.8 MB/s.  Empire: Total war downloaded in like 25 minutes, and it was 12 GB or something.
 
As I'm typing this my upload is jumping from 1 MB/s to 3 MB/s, while my download is hovering around 800 KB/s.
 
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I'd be stoked to get 200 KB/s down.  But that's just me.

My internet provided has throttled all my torrent downloads, so i'm screwed if all game dev's resort to Torrents.

Just because it's new fangled technology doesn't make it a bad idea. I love it when new stuff is done by torrent because otherwise your all waiting in line at a file hosting site. With torrents the more popular something is the better, you've got 1000 people helping you out instead of 1000 people ahead of you in line. 
 
Now to be fair I'm a Steamoholic so I don't really deal with it much either way but if you have to do it the old fashion way I think torrents are a perfect solution.

You can disable P2P in Blizzards downloader which may enhance your speed if you're having problems.

Limit your upload speed. That should help. In utorrent just go to Options > Bandwidth and it should be there. I'd limit it to like 750-1000 kb/s.

Last time I downloaded a torrent it took 3 days.

There's probably more leechers than seeders or some sort of seed fluctuation on their end. Because really, its the developer that's the only one that is seeding the files. So your upload will go naturally a little bit higher, but that's just my impression. 
 
I never get upload rates higher than a megabyte.

No, you don't hate bit torrent. You hate this specific torrent. God damn...

Dude, if your upload is super high (don't know your up limit) then you need to cap it. That thing sucks your bandwidth like crazy and will kill your download.

For all of Blizzard's trackers, and all my linux ones, and some others...I almost never drop below 700kb/s, my average is around 1.5 mb/s for download and a steady upload. 
 
Try opening your ports and whatnot.

Why use torrents when there is Usenet? 

That's way better than my download speed..

" That's way better than my download speed.. "

" Dude, if your upload is super high (don't know your up limit) then you need to cap it. That thing sucks your bandwidth like crazy and will kill your download. "

" @one_2nd said:

" That's way better than my download speed.. "

It's something like Bill Gates complaining his computer can't handle 15 high end PC games on max settings all running at once while downloading the latest Tera Patrick. "

what are you guys talking about utorrent is pretty decent for me  
take  maby 25-90 min to dowload a 1.5 g file 

My upload has never been over 100kbps and my download is mostly around 800-900kbps. It's enough.

You are bitching about 900 kbs when you have a ratio like that? The torrent is working very well for you, so stop bitching. When the ratio is that imbalanced you will always have a bigger upload that download. If you don't want your upload that high then you can lower it in the options.

You probably haven't the uTorrent properly configured. So your hate is justified.

Bit Torrent hates you.

" @Jeust:   When you install Utorrent, it checks ports and tells you if they are closed.  I got all the ones that it needs opened.   My download speeds are fine, its just annoying how much faster I upload if I have it uncapped.  Even if I do have it capped, it makes the download even slower. "

Your lucky to get 2-3mb, on a good day I might get 400kb.

" I'd be stoked to get 200 KB/s down.  But that's just me. "