[randytravis]

which ISP are you using?

if your speeds are only affected on torrents, it's most likely that they're employing traffic shaping to slow down your torrents. you mentioned you've tried azureus, if you've still got it installed, enable the encryption, restart, and see if your speeds increase.

Azureus v2.4.0.2:
Tools > Options > Connection > Tranport Encryption

check all the boxes, and set the encryption level to RC4





uTorrent 1.6:
Options > Preferences (or CTRL + P) > BitTorrent

under Protocol Encryption, set outgoing to Enabled, and check Allow incoming legacy connections.





for more info on message stream encryption:
http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php...raffic_shaping
http://www.azureuswiki.com/index.php...eam_Encryption