No they don't

John

Try downloading an Ubuntu Torrent. They tend to be very well seeded and always reach line speed for me. That will help work out if it's your client / connection or the torrent you're trying to download. There's also a bunch of things you can do to speed up torrents, like port redirection - google "speed up torrents" or similar.

Chances are there is no fault, If someone is asking about this on a public forum and not pre stating they have tried opening ports, firewall and done tests then they are most likely using some public tracker that has no seeders. 

Just replied on your comment in the MyRepublic thread.. I'm on Vodafone UFB and can max my 100/20 with torrents.

This is usually a port forwarding/client setup issue rather than an ISP issue.  Also depends on the quality of the torrents you're getting (e.g. public vs private) and how they're seeded. 

Coil:

Chances are there is no fault, If someone is asking about this on a public forum and not pre stating they have tried opening ports, firewall and done tests then they are most likely using some public tracker that has no seeders. 

Have you confirmed it's possibly not just a swarm issue on this particular site/torrent?

Coon: what tests should I do?

As previously mentioned, get a Linux ISO torrent and see how that performs.  If that's fast, the issue isn't your ISP, it's the quality of the torrents you're using.  Even if it's slow, the issue is still unlikely to be your ISP and rather your client settings.

hio77:

Have you confirmed it's possibly not just a swarm issue on this particular site/torrent?

What router are you running? Torrents can be pretty tough on consumer grade routers (and yes that includes "GAMING" routers).

I would guess, bad firewall config, no UPnP, firewall on PC etc.

Are you using 

chevrolux:

 

What router are you running? Torrents can be pretty tough on consumer grade routers (and yes that includes "GAMING" routers).

 

I would guess, bad firewall config, no UPnP, firewall on PC etc.

 

+1 crap routers just don't like all them connections. 

chevrolux:

What router are you running? Torrents can be pretty tough on consumer grade routers (and yes that includes "GAMING" routers).

 

I would guess, bad firewall config, no UPnP, firewall on PC etc.

Coon: r7000 with tomato yes, wifi

I see two big problems right there.. 

A: Netgear

B: WiFi