[U2Lynne]

Well, don't forget that ul and dl speeds are also determined by how many people you are connected to. So, if you are only connected to one person on a torrent and they can't download very fast (perhaps because they have a slow connection or else they are connected to other torrents and thus their speed is distributed among many torrents), then you can't upload very fast.

You *aren't* firewalled, so that is good. If you really think your speeds have changed, you can shut down your torrents and do a speed test again and compare it to the results you got before. Don't forget that sometimes your speed will vary during the day. For some reason, our internet connection likes to slow down around 9:30 or 10:00 in the morning.