I have same problem on Ubuntu 12.10 but alternative limits are ignored as well in my case. It used to work fine on the same system a couple weeks ago...
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to transmission in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/881145 Title: Bittorrent ignoring speed limit Status in “transmission” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Transmission Bittorrent Client is ignoring both the global and individual torrent speed limits. Alternative speed limit is working however. Using: Ubuntu 11.10 Transmission Bittorrent Client 2.33 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: bittorrent (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic-pae 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Oct 24 15:45:14 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) SourcePackage: bittorrent UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-20 (4 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/881145/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp