Why is emule very slow in downloading files?

[brianna_chelsea]

Rule of thumb : (in a non-technical way)

eMule/ed2k Network
* has the rarest of rare files..
* is pretty slow when compared to torrents..

You just can't have the best of both worlds, can you?

REALLY slow when compared to newsgroups.:whistling

 

[Sarah Lilly]

i am 70k/s......

 

[lastworkerbee]

many files are found on emule rather than Torrent

 

[caspergrl]

REALLY slow when compared to newsgroups

LOL! It is a "mule" what do you expect? It may be slow, but it usually gets the job done....just like a real life mule.

 

[KK3vin]

lol always emule=slow

 

[aero847.youtube]

REALLY slow when compared to newsgroups.:whistling

LOL - I knew that was coming sooner or later :cool2:

 

[mikeymagic]

To Share a lot and have patience are important, you will see your results after a while..so keep sharing.

 

[Christopher M.]

yikes, i don't know that i have the patience for this, will try slsk

 

[Marke]

To Share a lot and have patience are important, you will see your results after a while..so keep sharing.

 

[yourangel24]

Yeah thats the problem with emule, but then, theres stuff you can only get there (rare stuff). If you dont need something rare you're really better off joining a torrent community.

 

[ಠдà²]

eMule Very quickly with the files small :01: Very slow with large files :dry:

ًWith Small File's got 60 K/b s . With large File's got 5 to 15 k/b s :blink:

 

[Susie H]

Run your mule 24/7. Thats the classic way of using emule efficiently.
As stated above, if you want speed, use bittorrent, if you want the rare stuff, use emule.

although, if you first started on bittorrent and are just now discovering emule, you'll find it hard to adjust to the speeds and the whole principle. luckily, i started the other way around and have the patience to make the best of it.

 

[Danish Deshmukh]

just make port forward in yr router

 

[BekindtoAnimals22]

Thats the problem with the Mule its great for rare stuff but have to wait months

 

[Man Egg L Two]

If u use it right: open ports, share at descent upspeed, then it can be surprisingly fast

Also i have noticed that my isp caps its speed, same as with torrents. But luckily only when there is a lot of traffic, so at night and during the day it works fine, but at evening i just get low id and stuff. And with torrents it is capped to 60-80k... Took me some time to figure out it was my isp, so maybe its that?