EDGE777  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.  
(Version 1.50b3)

EDGE777  Yes Knopp, I wasted all this time lying just because I want to argue with you... (you read the whole thread, like 30+ pages???) Wow, I guess you have a lot of time for frivolous activities - myself, I must leave for work.  
(Version 0.9.0.4b)

EDGE777  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...  
(Version 1.50b3)

EDGE777  A claim is baseless because you don't agree with it? Ya, I see the logic in that...

I just cannot understand the Transmission worship around here though. I have never seen a group (albeit a very small group), stand up blindly for a product, it's kinda creepy.  
(Version 1.50b3)

EDGE777  To be honest, you told me what you thought was wrong (well first you called names and included what you thought was wrong). When I replied that that didn't solve the issue, you called me a liar. Just to be clear.

And just to be clear, uTorrent is still working fine out of the box. And I have tried several other things to make Transmission work. It works, but still has that 10-15 minute lag time, and hardly ever reaches my peak bandwidth, where uTorrent does pretty much all the time (assuming a file is seeded properly).

I just cannot understand the Transmission worship around here though. I have never seen a group (albeit a very small group), stand up blindly for a product, it's kinda creepy.  
(Version 0.9.0.4b)

EDGE777  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.  
(Version 1.50b3)

EDGE777  Interesting, I will try that.  
(Version 1.50b3)

EDGE777  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.  
(Version 1.50b3)

EDGE777  Tell you know Knobbb, I'll post a video of the two clients working side by side with default settings. It will be over 15 minutes longs because that's when Transmission will start to connect.

You have your head up your butt. It's not a new issue. These criticisms aren't made by people trolling around. They are real. It's people like you who never allow a product to improve.

Wait a second, I just figured it out, you're a developer for Microsoft right????  
(Version 0.9.0.4b)

EDGE777  Agreed at that - this is hardly an objective community, and apparantely it doesn't welcome new people with new ideas. People who are afraid of change and afraid of critique will ultimately just disappear making no noticeable difference in the world.

BTW, don't you love that if you make a critical comment (in the positive way), suddenly you get all the minuses. If these are the same people contributing to the open source, Transmission is in trouble indeed.  
(Version 1.50b2)

EDGE777  I love this Torrent client.

I have tried Vuze (way too bloated), and Transmission (nice UI but took a long time to intitially connect).

uTorrent has a simple UI, connects immediately, and connection speeds are very fast. It has the ability to control both download and upload speeds, and to choose a seeding ratio. I have found it to be stable (even in beta), and generally downloads my files 2-5 times faster than Transmission (Transmission works well for some, but there are several users experiencing long initial connection wait times, as well as slower downloads).

Although it shows the overall upload and download speeds, I wish it would show these for each individual file. Also, I cannot find any settings to only download certain files within the torrent, so will need to continue using Vuze or Transmission for this option (which is a very important feature).

So, a good start. If uTorrent adds these features, it will definitely become the Bit Torrent client of choice for Mac users.  
(Version 0.9.0.4b)

EDGE777  I am experienced the exact same problem. Not sure why but Transmission will take over 10 minutes to start downloading where uTorrent start within 15 seconds. Vuze (which I don't like because of it's busyness) also starts right away. I have not idea what, but there has got to be some flaw in Transmission which keeps it from connecting quickly.

Once it gets running, Transmission download speed can be fast, but uTorrent seems to download my files 2 to 5 times faster. I love the UI and features of Transmission, but speed it my main deciding factor for a client.  
(Version 1.50b2)

EDGE777  Don't you love that there are a few people who don't believe that Transmission could be having a connection or speed problem for some people?

I have the same experience as you, switched to uTorrent and finally get quick connections and fast downloads.  
(Version 1.50b2)

EDGE777  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.

  
(Version 1.50b2)

EDGE777  I used to use Vuze. It worked well, but was way too busy a UI.

I switched to Transmission. I loved the simple UI. I love that it was easy to use. I loved that you could select which file to download. However, it always took a long time to start downloading (sometimes 20 minutes), and uploading was very weird. Once it got going it could download at the 200 KB/s, but this was very rare.

Tonight, I tried to download 24. After 10 minutes it finally started to download, at around 10 KB/s (sloooooow). I thought maybe it was the traffic, maybe my ISP. I upgraded to the new beta, still the same; but then I tried something.

I downloaded uTorrent beta. Within 10 seconds it was connected and downloading. Within 20 seconds it was downloading at 100 KB/s. Transmission was still downloading at 8 to 10 KB/s.

So, while I appreciate the simplicity, TRANSMISSION IS BY FAR THE SLOWEST BITTORRENT CLIENT. Something is broken, and I would definitely suggest uTorrent to all users out there.  
(Version 1.50b2)