We've all been there right? The status light in the bottom right hand corner of BitComet will spontaniously turn yellow. You think, "it was green yesterday!!" but nooooo, BitComet has spoken like a mighty god with a warhammer "YOU SHALL NOT HAVE FAST DOWNLOADS TODAY!!" and we of course obey for fear of being "sm00td"(tm), the internet version of smited or whatever it's called.
I believe this is the actual problem with download speeds, I see this as us (the many thousands of users of BitComet) a bit like this :
Whereas, on the other hand, I see BitComet and it's creators a bit more scary, more dramatic, like so :
Indeed, there is a god, and indeed it controls our download speeds! Whilst writing this my status light has actually turned back to green, haha, they must've heard me! Repent and ye shall be forgiven...