Uh, I don't think anyone has given him the right answer yet.
The problem doesn't have anything to do with his router... the problem is that his ISP recognizes that he's using BitTorrent and is throttling his entire connection.
I have exactly this problem with Rogers in Canada: if I start a BitTorrent session, the total bandwidth of my ISP connection drops precipitously. Stop the BitTorrent session, my overall bandwidth pops back up.
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Uh, I don't think anyone has given him the right answer yet.
The problem doesn't have anything to do with his router... the problem is that his ISP recognizes that he's using BitTorrent and is throttling his entire connection.
I have exactly this problem with Rogers in Canada: if I start a BitTorrent session, the total bandwidth of my ISP connection drops precipitously. Stop the BitTorrent session, my overall bandwidth pops back up.
Both of us need new ISPs.