Special Bittorrent Client to Bypass Streamyx Throttling

Might as well write a new post about this. My favourite bittorrent application is a specially configured version of Bitcomet 0.64. It seems to bypass Streamyx’s throttling, maxing out my connection every time. You don’t have to perform port forwarding either. It seems to work better without port forwarding. You can download it here

http://www.mediafire.com/?yq7wnlwnzpi

Don’t change any of the settings for it. Just change your default download folder.

Additional Instructions:

For vista:
And if you have not increased the number of max half open connections on vista yet, do it asap.

http://torrentfreak.com/optimize-vista-for-bittorrent-emule-p2ptv/

that link will show u how to do so on vista.the default half open connections on vista is only 2 ( default for xp is only 10). This means that your computer can only wait for 2 other connections.this slows down bittorrent a lot.

Edit: Recently got an e-mail from user named ‘WARNING!’ for Vista users who have the latest security patch: Do not use this patch because it will mess up your Vista. So if this has happened to anyone, I apologize. See the comment 3 below for more info.

For windows xp:
follow this link to remove the limit on half open connections. i set mine to 500
http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497

hope this helps

PS. This seems to work best for people on windows xp. A Vista user reports tremendous increase in his bittorrent download speed by performing the TCP/IP patch.

Malaysian ISPs

‘Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic is choking up local broadband lines with 20% of users utilising 80% of the total bandwidth, according to Internet service provider (ISP) TM Net Sdn Bhd. ‘

More than a year has passed since they Streamyx (TM Net Sdn Bhd) started shaping P2P traffic. How is the situation today? The service is still bad after because they have not bothered to upgrade their servers much at all. Just try pinging any server outside Malaysia and you will see huge amounts of latency. On the other hand, their marketing and sales division have been working overtime to get more customers. Their infrastructure is unable to keep up with the demand. With such poor service from Streamyx, most customers would have switched to other ISPs by now. Unfortunately, TM Net controls all last mile connections in Malaysia. This leads to a unhealthy ISP monopoly . No other ISP comes close to the coverage that Streamyx has.

So Streamyx customers are left unhappy and the TM Net monopoly just doesn’t care. In fact, one of the rumours coming from inside Streamyx recently is that they are actually DOWNGRADING the internet service for HOME users while upgrading the connection for Business users.

So, wake up call for all Malaysian ISPs. Try to provide better service than what Streamyx is doing, and all the users will be flocking to you in no time. Better still, if you would just advertise ‘Unthrottled P2P connections after midnight’, you will see a HUGE jump in clients and customers. It’s a win-win situation for you and the customer. Noone sends business e-mails while they are asleep. P2P users get what they want. Big cash cow here. Time to get moving!

Streamyx TM Net’s Wikipedia entry