[Discuss] Shaw and bandwidth shaping.

[Chris Hennessy]

I have never really had a problem with big files.  I use Firefox and not
Konquerer.  I am on Shaw and Mandriva.   I usually do try to get a torrent
for the files though.

Chris
On Jan 15, 2008 11:16 AM, pw <p.willis at telus.net> wrote:

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