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Thread ID: 109125 2010-04-25 06:19:00 Bypass Telecom Big Time throttle! Ollie (794) Press F1
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879806 2010-04-25 06:19:00 Here is how to bypass the throttle on international lines at peak time.

1. Download flashget 1.9.6 or 1.73 version
www.flashget.com

2. Click new, type in the URL and in referrer type "www.youtube.com"
iforce.co.nz

3. Click ok, and happy downloading!

I manage to get 2mb/s outside peak, but limited to around 1.5mb/s during peak.
Ollie (794)
879807 2010-04-25 06:25:00 Are you trying to kill Big Time for everyone. Safari (3993)
879808 2010-04-25 07:39:00 Well I'll be damned... that works! I was super skeptical but thought I'd try it .... A file that I've been downloading from an international server of mine at 10KB/sec (gotta love that throttling) is now coming in at over 200KB/sec! Chilling_Silence (9)
879809 2010-04-25 07:44:00 Just thought I'd post a little more after doing a little more testing.

So I added the first file using the above method, it's flying down. So I pause it.
Added a second file of identical size from the same server (I have a lot of data I'm pulling down so I compressed and split the files) and I *didn't* add the referred URL, and this time it CRAWLS down.
Resume the first one and immediately the first one is back, flying down.

Did some more tests but generally that's the way that it goes.

Anyways, I know one of the guys who has influence over the traffic shaping, so enjoy this while it works, it probably won't last long ;)

Attached file: high_speed_bigtime.JPG (www.imagef1.net.nz) (117 KB)
Chilling_Silence (9)
879810 2010-04-25 07:50:00 What is "peak time" and also do you put youtube as the url as refferer? dagangsta (14229)
879811 2010-04-25 08:04:00 Peak time is any time from 9AM to 2AM

Yes, put www.youtube.com as the referrer regardless of what you're downloading
Chilling_Silence (9)
879812 2010-04-25 08:46:00 Oi .... my downloads going slower because of you two ! :annoyed: SP8's (9836)
879813 2010-04-25 09:52:00 Well I'll be damned... that works! I was super skeptical but thought I'd try it .... A file that I've been downloading from an international server of mine at 10KB/sec (gotta love that throttling) is now coming in at over 200KB/sec!

Haha, i've been using this method for months now thought i'd share


Oi .... my downloads going slower because of you two ! :annoyed:

Not sure what you mean.. are you even on big time?
Ollie (794)
879814 2010-04-25 09:59:00 I think this trick will work for a lot of other domains too, like microsoft.com http: etc Netsukeninja (13296)
879815 2010-04-25 10:01:00 I think this trick will work for a lot of other domains too, like microsoft.com http: etc

Yes it does, all the akamai downloads work with the referrer
Ollie (794)
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