Torrenting slows down my network speed
This is not a answer but a comparison.

I had to use it to show screen shoots.

First here is my basis: (my WiFi connection)



Second here is a sample when downloading two large files (at same time). As you can see the download did not budge, so I am not at the limit.

First file is 853 Meg size while second is 442 MB. Both are downloading with about 160 KB/sec.



And I am using Firefox to access the download sites.

However my example is strictly downloading. And there is no limit on download speed. How ever there is a speed limit to Upload.  As you know Torrenting could be tricky since you are also uploading (sharing).

So if you can limit the number for Uploading, that also uses your Internet connection and can slow it down significantly.