albertz
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| posted on 18/6/08 at 05:53 PM |
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Downloading torrents...
I have been experiencing some problems 'backing up' my CDs by downloading torrents.
They used to download very quickly, maybe a year or so ago. Then they just refused to download at all.
Tonight i tried again for the first time in ages and it has begun downloading, but i am only getting speeds of about 5-6Kb/s. I remember getting
speeds of 80-100Kb/s before.
I have switched off my Windows Firewall. Should i try removing my NOD32 anti-virus?
Is there anything else i could check or do?
Thanks
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 18/6/08 at 05:56 PM |
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i reckon you isp has throttled you torrent rtraffic
depending on your client you can disguise your traffic by encryption
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albertz
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| posted on 18/6/08 at 05:58 PM |
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Well its funny you mention that, because i have only just a few days ago changed from Tiscali to BTinternet.
I used to get good downloads with Tiscali, then it stopped altogether. Now changed to BT it is working but very slowly.
How do i disguise what i am downloading?
Any suggestions?
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cerbera
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| posted on 18/6/08 at 06:47 PM |
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quote:
How do i disguise what i am downloading?
With great difficulty, I believe. The best you could do is move to a non-throttling ISP like ADSL24 or check out
this site.
Good Luck
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 18/6/08 at 07:29 PM |
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try using azeurus (sp) as the client its pretty easy to tick a few boxs to enable encryption
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UncleFista
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| posted on 18/6/08 at 08:06 PM |
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Also if the torrents are from a public tracker (no sign-up or download/upload ratio) they'll be sloooow.
What you need is a private site where you sign up, usually lightening-fast...
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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omega0684
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| posted on 18/6/08 at 09:24 PM |
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can you recommend any sign up sites that are not already packed to the gunnels?
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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cerbera
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| posted on 18/6/08 at 09:42 PM |
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here
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Jasper
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| posted on 19/6/08 at 09:32 AM |
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Just signed up, first download I'm getting over 500kbps  , I've never seen over 100 before! 3 hrs for a 6Gb download, that usually
takes me days.....
Thanks for the recommendation, know where I'll be getting my torrents from now!
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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omega0684
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| posted on 19/6/08 at 11:46 AM |
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thanks jasper,
i just signed up to and immediately im getting over 300 kbps!
got to download 24 seasons 2-6 and at 8 gb each it may take a while.
[Edited on 19/6/08 by omega0684]
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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Jasper
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| posted on 19/6/08 at 11:48 AM |
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Here you go:
Torrentbytes
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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