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[Closed] Broadband Traffic Management (Torrents)

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Any suggestions for bypassing torrent traffic management? Been using Torrific for awhile now which allows torrents to be downloaded using HTTP, but their servers are pretty slow and a 700MB file takes around 5 hours to download so fairly pointless.

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Posted : 25/09/2011 11:48 am
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use a paid for vpn there are lots around and quite cheap $9/ month or less, plus there is the privacy benefit


 
Posted : 25/09/2011 12:03 pm
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been thinking the same myself


 
Posted : 25/09/2011 12:42 pm
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I've gone with the VPN option. I was getting 15kB/s, now getting 300kB/s. It gives me a US IP which allows me access to Hulu and Netflix etc. £13 for 3 months, can't grumble. Obviously some UK specific stuff won't work while the VPN is connected i.e. iPlayer, but its just a case of disconnecting when required.


 
Posted : 25/09/2011 1:53 pm
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why do you need a manager?

i download at 1.5mbs on pretty much all.


 
Posted : 25/09/2011 1:55 pm
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Not sure who your ISP is but BT only apply traffic management at peak times (ie, 5pm - midnight during the week and all day at the weekend). Download less? Actually buy the movie? Downloading it is little different than heading out to loot HMV. [/sanctimonious]


 
Posted : 25/09/2011 2:37 pm
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Use an ISP that isn't Tiscali or TalkTalk?


 
Posted : 25/09/2011 2:54 pm
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The VPN solution sounds like a good one. I just download between midnight and 8am (doesn't count toward my monthly usage between those hours either :)), I guess that isn't an option if you don't want to leave your machine on all night some nights.


 
Posted : 25/09/2011 3:00 pm
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Not sure who your ISP is but BT only apply traffic management at peak times (ie, 5pm - midnight during the week and all day at the weekend). Download less? Actually buy the movie? Downloading it is little different than heading out to loot HMV. [/sanctimonious]

It's not BT. Got bored reading the rest.


 
Posted : 25/09/2011 3:38 pm
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I have a real slow connection so if a 700MB file [i]could[/i] take around 5 hours to download [s]so fairly pointless.[/s] it would be amazing!


 
Posted : 25/09/2011 4:18 pm