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I think it's weird to have limits on download. Can't remember there ever been such a thing in Finland apart from cell phone data transfers. Our DSLs have always been priced according to speed. Is it a common thing globally to have a download limits?
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That sucks... are they doing anything to fix the problem, or are the government happy it's there?
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There's big talk about rolling out fibre across the country, but BT (British Telecom) are estimating a £15bn cost ($30bn) which is a lot of money, lol.
There is a company that are doing it through the sewer system, but its all slow at the moment, as far as I'm aware, people are just talking about how to proceed, and hopefully by the end of the year, plans will be afoot.
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not only is there a limit on downloads here, but in my last house i lived in [cannae remember the isp] uploads were counted in that limit also, which is what essentially got me in the habit of NOT using torrents at all... nowdays i only use bittorrent for full seasons of older shows...
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It is in Australia. I go through about 80GB a month, and always ride that to the very limit.
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yeah isp's in Australia suck i'm on 20gb on-peak and 20gb off peak which im at the max every month, I don't know of any unlimited download plans in oz does anyone else?
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It's available, but it's expensive. You can get an unlimited plan for around $90 - $100 bucks for a standard 1500 down 256 up type setup.
I have a 48 gig cap, but between 1am and 9am everything I download only counts as half (so if I download 2 gigs only 1 gig is counted against my cap), so I do a lot of my heavy downloading then and can effectively squeeze around 80 gig a month out of my cap. The plan I'm on has been grandfathered though, so it's no longer available to new customers, and if they ever decide to remove it for existing customers then I'll be moving on to new pastures. Right now though I'm waiting in the hopes of ADSL2 opening up in my area.
If you want to browse available plans in Australia then I suggest you use whirlpool's broadband choice tool here: http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/
Happy hunting.
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I know some of my friends have limits (we're in Sweden), but most of us have no limit whatsoever. I guess Sweden or Scandinavia in general is a very good place to live in when it comes to Internet connections.
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I guess I'm also lucky with no limits whatsoever. Just keep em shows coming
And what kind of do's and don'ts do you need hometimenow?
I suppose I'm talking about Bogus episodes that have viruses ?? there is the problem that you have to download from another place (download limit).
Do you need software on the computer to find the bittorrent??
Currently we are locked into the isp we are with for 5 more months
(they throw in the modem with the pathetic limit 2year term) if you opt out before then you have to pay for the modem in full. So it could be another 5 month before im ready to start being serious about it .
If I'm lucky the writters strike will have been settled by then!!!!!. (dreaming)
37 2008-01-26 07:01:54 (edited by theConundrumm 2008-01-26 07:36:27)
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honestly i wouldn't bother with bittorrent to grab single episodes... most forums that have rapidshare links usually provide enough alternative links [from different filehosting sites] so's you don't have to worry about the waiting period between links, or paying for a rapidshare account... too many 'bogus' tv episodes and movies turn up on bittorrent, find a trusted provider and stick with it [i get most of my links from a forum a friend pointed me to a while back [http://www.xsharex.info] and haven't looked back since]...
then there are numerous blogs that post links [tv-rapidsharelinks.blogspot.com are pretty reliable [and fast]... just look for the HiO tag and you can't go wrong ] and with using direct links you will make the most of your download speed, where as with bittorrent, unless you grab it in the first few minutes of coming out, you are at the mercy of thousands of leechers with shitty upload speeds slowing your download... i'm kind of of the opinion that if i pay for xMbs i want to use xMbs...
just a bit of food for thought, there...
edit: and then there is the simple fact that that if using torrents, general consensus seems to be that eztv is the only real reliable source... most direct links are posted in some forums/blogs WELL before they show up there
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i mostly use tvtorrents.com Ratio site but gennerally good speeds and have alot of the old shows
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I use eztv.it They have new episodes up quickly, and the torrents are listed by show. They also have RSS for torrents.
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sometimes i use eztv aswell tvtorrents are better for older episodes tho imo, but you have to be a premium member for RSS
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Oh, yeah... I didn't get the RSS from eztv.it, but from bt-chat.com (where the torrents actually are..? maybe... not sure...) But anyway they have RSS for torrents to EZTV. Just started to use RSS two three days ago. So, clearly I'm an expert on the subject.
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well for the aussies want good d/load limit and here it is tpg.com , im on a 40 gig limit /off peak its 110 gigs and my speed is up to 20 mbps and on a adsl 2, i d/load just about anything i want for the cost of $70 per month, lol i hardly ever reach 150 gig but its there in the service i guess.
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limts... isn't that like in the old days of internet ? I'm very happy I don't have a limed not even a fair use policies ... they just don't give a f$%k what you do with your connection... I'm really surprised that a lot of peopl here have a limit..
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yeah no limits here either, I don't think that they could introduce it since it's always been unlimited download here.