[Yello] Bit Torrents

Why are torrents so slow? Is there a way of making them load faster? I have had 10MB files take hours to load. Please tell us more about torrents. If we create a torrent and then seed it (which I am not sure what that means) are people then downloading directly off our computer? They seem to be good in theory but I have not had good luck with torrents. More info please.