For some time I suspected "BigPipe " from not connecting to all(read: most) other servers.....and then it's slooooowwww speed...

This morning I was rerouted to it again and as too often things went slow on finding sources...So I put it to the test and logged( after being rerouted several times) on a other.....

My suspicions were correct ; the sources came down on me like a avalanche.......

I have therefor , during a sadistic ROAR , deleted the P.O.S from my serverlist !

i think it has a lot to do with were in the world your at, isp,ect. if your looking for the servers that are just fake ones,sneaky p2p troublemakers, go to peerguardians list of ip# to block.
a few of the bigger servers dont really work for me. silent bob, most of those ProbenPrinz, big pipe, i dont bother with anymore, though they continue to get into my server list.
some sites are like magnets to my client, and i just cant get away. i have to use the 'connect to static servers only' to avoid them.

and occasionally, if im trying to get a very popular file quikly, i find just floating serverless sometimes makes it download a lot faster.

it does not matter
from server u only get list of IP's.
after that u can disconect and download without any speed lost.

Could it be that a server gives you a fake ip list with tar pit ips? You connect to them and they hold the connection open as long as possible? After I shutdown my donkey I sometimes check my connections with netstat. Usually all open connection to port 4662 are closed quickly, but there are always some connections, which remain up to 10 minutes.