Why is emule very slow in downloading files?

[PradaPretty]

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

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?

[Rockin Chocolate]

i dont use no upload
i just use removed ratio

You don't get credits then. Thats really going to speed up your download.

[Savagedancer]

its slow but i agree there are things you can't get anywhere else. emule is a great way we can share our entire hardrive for all to download. its sharing in its true form. but if you see someone downloading a rare file off you, what i do is buddy and give a friend slot. i don't do that for popular files.

[ROCKetMAN]

REALLY slow when compared to newsgroups

[flower~]

Simply forward ports, connect to a popular server, and shaaaaare your ass off. I remember when i started using Emule for rare files, it was a pain! But after a while speeds went up to 50kbs and sometimes its been up to 100kbs, which is what I get for torrents. Patience is key!

[Liza F]

Perhaps, you have chosen the file whose availability is low to download.

I always pick up the file that availability is over 200 at least to dl.

[Kevin]

But after a while speeds went up to 50kbs and sometimes its been up to 100kbs, which is what I get for torrents. Patience is key!

I hope you get faster speeds with torrents now?

[LTN-GNX]

i think this is depending on you bandwidth!!! I have ever tried a speed up to 500kb/s, this marvellous!!

[nagina_005]

You could use something else to connect to edonkey2000 network, emule and its clones arn't very fast. Most important in emule is that u look if a file is complete on e2k network and most of files arn't, if its complete u see 100%, if not less than 100% and if its 99% or less complete it ain't complete and u will never download it(rarly u would).

[youdontknowme]

leave it opened for 24h and it will be faster and faster.