Torrents too slow help PLZ!!?

Question

ok a week ago i downloaded a 3gb torrent in about 3 hours at a speed of about 600-800kb/sec

Today im trying to download something else but the max download speed i get is like5kb/sec

please help me thanks!

Answer 1

That's because the number of seeders / leechers is low for that particular torrent.

What is a seeder?

A seed(er) is a client on the BT network that has a complete copy of a particular archive.

What is a leecher?

A leech(er) is a client on the BT network that does not have a complete copy of a particular archive yet. When any new client begins downloading an archive, they are a leecher until they have finished downloading the entire archive and then become a seeder.  

Answer 2

torrents are illegal you know becuase they copy material and give it to you for free... so if you didn't know this... oh and ive used torrents before I knew they were illegal and the reason its going so slow is because all torrents do that... or you have to open up an avalible port to your router.