[Discuss] Shaw and bandwidth shaping.

[pw]

I had a similar problem using a web browser to download
ISOs. Using 'wget' instead of the browser fixed the problem.

Peter



Michael wrote:
> I was looking for input.
> 
>     Recently I have noticed that when I try to download Linux iso's ...
> such as Fedora's most recent or the live KDE4 Suse ... it reliably craps
> out by about 50 to 60 megs. No matter how long I wait for it to resume
> nothing happens. This is using Konqueror's download manager in Mandriva
> 2008. Then, when I then try the torrent file using Ktorrent with
> encryption, all is wonderful, and the file arrives as it should. Is Shaw
> potentially causing this?
> 
>     Any ideas on the topic would be appreciated.
> 
>     Michael