I have tried every different setting, read the forums, and am no noob when it comes to computers. This might not be true for all setups, or all ISP, but there is something in Transmission which is just not the same as Vuze or uTorrent. I am not making this stuff up.

My ISP does do something weird, it routes the IP somewhere outside of my equipment. What I mean is that the IP that I see my computer as (using any IP checker), is not something that I ever see in my setup. For this, I cannot open up ports, or forward ports. This seems to greatly effect Transmission while it has no effect on Vuze or uTorrent.

Last night it would normally take Transmission 6-10 hours to download shows (say like 24). On uTorrent it took 1 hour.

For me, and there's nothing I can do to change it, the following still remain:
-it takes at least 10-15 minutes before Transmission connects.
-uploads are not fluid (they're on, they're off - seems like it's only connecting to one peer at a time)
-While I can receive downloads on Transmission of 200 KB/s, there is no rhyme or reason to it.
-Out of the box, with no changes to my set-up, uTorrent performs 5 times better than Transmission.

I'm sorry if I offended the Transmission lovers, but this is true for me, and true for others. It may not be true for you, but doesn't mean that there isn't a problem somewhere.

My issues with slow connection times (10+ minutes) are completely consistent, and not dependent on the torrent tracker. Almost all of my torrents are from Mininova or TPB and experience the same startup connection lag. This only occurs with Transmission. I think it might have something to do with my odd ISP setup (Cablevision in Mexico City), but whatever the issue, it doesn't seem to affect uTorrent or Vuze.

Also, after doing more testing, my torrent are now staying steady at the cap (for me that is around 235 Kb/s). My d/l speed with Transmission would sometimes reach that, but never stay for any period of time.

Interesting, I will try that.

Thanks for the advice, I tried it and was hoping for it to work (I really do like Transmissions UI, small footprint, and features), but no the same thing occured. I have even tried using the same port as uTorrent, with no luck. Still that 10-15 connection lag.

Just to be sure it wasn't the torrent, after trying Transmission, I went back to uTorrent, and the file started to download in 5 seconds.

I do appreciate your suggestions though, and not just the "you're stupid, Transmission is perfect" comments. It's nice to know there's at least one nice person here.

I gave an honest review, but there are definitely a small number, yet largely vocal group of Transmission fanboys.

It's funny, I was just reading through the comments pages of a iLife'09. A great deal of users suggested to other users that Transmission had connection problems and that they should switch to uTorrent. But, I guess those are just the uTorrent fanboys, because of course Transmission couldn't actually have these problems...

I wrote an honest review. I had been using Transmission for several months before writing it. Most good reviews contain comparisons. It's pretty much that simple. You can agree with the review, or disagree. You can believe that the issue is true but localized to my experience or my ISP (along with some others), or you can choose to believe that I am lying and simply want to sway you to buy another product... wait, they're all free, nothing to be gained... At any rate, it's your choice. Some may find this review helpful. The developers of Transmission may be able to look into the connection code of other software to see what might be wrong. Some may just whine and call names. It's a free world, and with that, I am signing off never to look at this again, lol.