If BitTornado was uploading at 40 KB/sec...and you didn't decrease that to a max of 30 KB/sec, then it wasn't a fair test.
Uploading too fast CHOKES (in multiple senses of the word) download speeds. Both uploads and downloads send out little replies saying in effect: "send more", "last packet corrupt, resend", "slow down", "etc".
If you don't have spare upload bandwidth, then your downloads won't be able to sustain high speeds as your connection can't sustain replies BACK to the downloader to "send more!" in a timely manner.
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