brassmonkey001
I should change this
What's that bit of software that stops your ISP throttling your download speeds?
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I give in....what is it ? 
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fire wall, anti virus, anti phising, port guards/ gate keeping software, hard ware fire walls in the ADSL routers, shared ADSL loads of people on line or your supplier is full of shit about real or imaginary downloads speeds....possible in your area....
your PC itself the write speed of the HDD, lack of RAM...lots of things
next .....
your PC itself the write speed of the HDD, lack of RAM...lots of things
next .....
Don't think there is one. Bandwidth throttling is done in the hardware that your modem connects to which is outside your control.
It's like trying to get more water through a pipe by attaching a bigger pipe after the restriction.
It's like trying to get more water through a pipe by attaching a bigger pipe after the restriction.
brassmonkey001
I should change this
I'm sure someone posted about some software that, if you were downloading torrents (heaven forbid) it would prevent the powers that be from discovering you and prevent your ISP putting restrictions on your download speeds.
Or something.
Perhaps it's something to do with your settings then?
Or something.
Perhaps it's something to do with your settings then?
brassmonkey001
I should change this
I tried watching that program about Victoria Falls on iplayer last night but it kept buffering so much I tried downloading it instead. It took nearly 2 hours to download a 50 minute program.
I seem to get more buffering when on the YouTube etc. than before.
What's the hold-up?
I seem to get more buffering when on the YouTube etc. than before.
What's the hold-up?
I think what you're talking about is software that will 'anonymise' you, meaning that the RIAA or whoever cannot identify you and then apply to your ISP to get your details and (eventually) throw you off the internet.
Try some google searches on "anonymous proxy", "secure bittorrent" and "three strikes"
Try some google searches on "anonymous proxy", "secure bittorrent" and "three strikes"
Could be a whole host of things. Assuming ADSL here you'd be looking at the time of day that you were using the service and the number of people who share your connection (contention ratio). Failing that, noise on the line (it's been raining, water gets in to the trunks and joins), other stuff running on the PC, christmas tree lights (apparently, some outdoor lights can degrade the ADSL signal) and a whole host of other things.
There's a speedtest site (samknows or speedtest I think are the top two) that should tell you how fast you're really getting.
There's a speedtest site (samknows or speedtest I think are the top two) that should tell you how fast you're really getting.
roddy
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I'm sure someone posted about some software that, if you were downloading torrents (heaven forbid) it would prevent the powers that be from discovering you and prevent your ISP putting restrictions on your download speeds.
Or something.
Perhaps it's something to do with your settings then?
you maybe talking about peerguardian which acts like a firewall and blocks alot of certain IP's seeing your PC, you'll find when installed the odd site won't work due to the advertising on the site just switch PG off it's straight forward to do.
And as far as I'm aware if you do such things as torrents (heaven forbid
) then make sure you just download the file you need not the nfo file thats often attached to torrents as apparently it's this file that makes it easy for providers to identify it's a torrent (so I've heard)Also I find it helpful to switch off mt router at night it always seems to wok better when it's been off for a while I also seem to get a better connection, even though the IP address given to you by the provider should be released of your not using it I suspect if the router is left on something else is trying your router so the provider thinks your still doing something and been on-line for days so throttles your connection down.
you could also try TCPoptimizer it's a wee program that will set up your network connections to give your PC the best chance of a quick speed.
both the above programs are free
HTH
you maybe talking about peerguardian which acts like a firewall and blocks alot of certain IP's seeing your PC, you'll find when installed the odd site won't work due to the advertising on the site just switch PG off it's straight forward to do.
And as far as I'm aware if you do such things as torrents (heaven forbid
HTH
what brassmonkey needs is a decent ISP that doesn't do traffic shaping. harder to find these days, but they do exist. o2 do, but not so's you'd notice
peerguardian has a blacklist of IPs it blocks from connecting to your computer. although this is updated fairly regularly, it seems a long way from foolproof to me. i like to use it anyway.
the nfo file just shows the contents of the torrent and usually who made it. you just open it with notepad or text edit. unless you are using particular torrent clients, you will have to download all files contained in the torrent anyway. don't see any harm in that myself, but would be interested in seeing the source of your info.
TBH i very rarely use torrents these days. all anyone has to do to identify a user is join a torrent swarm and note the IP addresses listed in their client. Azureus will show you exactly what is going on in the swarm including evidence of you uploading files.
I tried watching that program about Victoria Falls on iplayer last night but it kept buffering so much I tried downloading it instead. It took nearly 2 hours to download a 50 minute program.
I seem to get more buffering when on the YouTube etc. than before.
What's the hold-up?
AFAIK If you download something from iplayer, instead of watching it, not only do you also act as a server & upload it as well (which can affect your usage cos they count upload or download as one), and their download speeds are set at a certain limit, which is why it takes ages.
roddy
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if you use uTorrent you can select which files to download
regarding the nfo file it's nothing concrete just if you have a look on isohunt and read the comments there's more than a few regardless of what file your looking at that mention the ability of downloading the nfo files makes it easier for the internet provider to identify a torrent and throttle your speed, but it is just all subjective without any hard proof but I tend to take the view on technology I don't fully understand if enough people from different sources say the same then it's often good to heed that advice
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