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JLS
(newbie) Wed 21-Feb-07 23:44:36

Torrent speeds.. VPN = Fast

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My crappy torrent download speed was maxing at like 30kb/s. (im on premier btw)

As soon as I start using secureIX the download shoots to well over 200kb/s on the same torrent in the same minute.

Clearly there is some strange stuff going on... any ideas why I should have to use a VPN to get decent torrent speeds?

caesar_salad
(experienced) Thu 22-Feb-07 00:28:06

Re: Torrent speeds.. VPN = Fast

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It's probably PN's Ellacoya traffic shaping coming in to play.

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JLS
(newbie) Thu 22-Feb-07 00:30:36

Re: Torrent speeds.. VPN = Fast

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after some tweaking I can get my own connection to go around 150 now.. (unticking block anon connections in my router really helped I think). Still must be something going on though. Im not over my limit for shaping to occur yet apparently..

deleted
(deleted) Thu 22-Feb-07 03:48:12

Re: Torrent speeds.. VPN = Fast

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you shouldnt say thing like that on here mate, soon as word gets out about that they will throttle the IP block..

plusnet's shaping kicks in 24/7. there is no such thing as 'clean' allowance, it probably just has higher priority on the network untill you reach a certain amount.

Edited by deleted (Thu 22-Feb-07 03:49:05)

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