Why not use torrents?   

Postby Fatboyfun » Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:46 pm

I was using peerblock, It used to download at full speed, then someone flicked a switch somewhere and bang, dial-up speeds! Tried everything even re-installing windows, Just doesn't work anymore, Even frostwire is crippled :mad: HTTP downloads are fine though :confused:
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Postby Downunder35m » Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:50 am

Be careful with peerblock ;)
Depending on the tracker used you have to allow Http transfers or you won't get any speed, same goes for the Donkey network.
Peerblock has several IP's stored that are used for the traffic exchange in P2P networks.
It depends what lists you use of course.

I realised my ISP is throtteling my P2P traffic every now and to make sure there is enough bandwidth for everyone.
If all goes wrong you can still try to use port 80 and 110 for the transfers, slows your normal internet a bit down but I get about 40-50kb/s more using these ports when my ISP is blocking.
You can not avoid it, not even with a proxy because it is the protocols they slow down and not the traffic.
It is very common practice here where I live :(
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Postby Downunder35m » Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:08 am

We are getting more seeders now, so a big thnak you to all that are actively sharing the files!
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Postby maa1506 » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:18 am

I have just downloaded the new truck map via file share, which if you use the freebie service takes for ever. Yes torrent files would be much quicker but then you take pot luck as to what you are downloading. A premium account cost £6 for 30 days which enabled very fast downloads. Considering Tomtom are asking £149 for the same thing, I hardly consider paying £6 every six months for the latest maps a great hardship.
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Postby Teuchter » Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:50 am

maa1506 wrote:Yes torrent files would be much quicker but then you take pot luck as to what you are downloading.


The same applies to Zip and RAR files downloaded from file storage sites such as Rapidshare and Megaupload - even if you have paid your £6 for a premium account, it's still pot luck.

The answer is to use a trusted source.

If torrents were created by members of this BBS and available from here, any dodgy ones would be very quickly weeded out, as would the member(s) who posted them.

There is plenty of evidence that files on the major file storage sites are being removed more and more swiftly.
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Postby nabi » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:54 am

Teuchter wrote:The same applies to Zip and RAR files downloaded from file storage sites such as Rapidshare and Megaupload - even if you have paid your £6 for a premium account, it's still pot luck.

The answer is to use a trusted source.

If torrents were created by members of this BBS and available from here, any dodgy ones would be very quickly weeded out, as would the member(s) who posted them.

There is plenty of evidence that files on the major file storage sites are being removed more and more swiftly.


I couldn't agree more.

In the iGO board, for testing reasons the team has published a homemade torrent on a private server. It's a Primo 1.2, complete with nuance voices.
(see some posts up, it's announced in this thread too)

I also noticed TomTom 1.7 Europe, presented on a torrent (here).
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Postby RJ45 » Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:25 pm

Downunder35m wrote:We are getting more seeders now, so a big thnak you to all that are actively sharing the files!


Thank you for starting this little experiment. After 7 weeks of seeding (+/- 20GB uploaded) I removed the torrents. If there's need in the future for seeding maps, etc. I would be happy to participate.
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Postby x2phrack » Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:05 am

I have a massive pipe up and down. i would seed for weeks if needed.

i have been trying to download the newest version of my USA map for my device and it only has 4 files but according to filefactory its going to take me over 8 hrs to download. Not to mention filefactory just reset my connection and i only got 24mb downloaded and now i have to wait ANOTHER hour before i can download more... complete BS :mad::mad::mad::mad:

why pay for the file share page when i can spend the same amount and get the official map.... but since i am on here that means i am not willing to pay.

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Postby tendriver » Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:26 am

x2phrack wrote:I have a massive pipe up and down. i would seed for weeks if needed.

i have been trying to download the newest version of my USA map for my device and it only has 4 files but according to filefactory its going to take me over 8 hrs to download. Not to mention filefactory just reset my connection and i only got 24mb downloaded and now i have to wait ANOTHER hour before i can download more... complete BS :mad::mad::mad::mad:

why pay for the file share page when i can spend the same amount and get the official map.... but since i am on here that means i am not willing to pay.

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Postby x2phrack » Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:01 am

i've been on this site for a while i lost my ln and pw when my system got b0rked (blown up in an attack) so i had to get a new name. not to mention i just got back from a deployment so i been MIA for a bit
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Postby tendriver » Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:29 am

x2phrack wrote:not to mention i just got back from a deployment so i been MIA for a bit


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