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    Ch4 Od

    Anybody tried this channel 4 OD? I installed it only to realise it is P2P. and as I'm on only a 512K connection I had to uninstall it because I noticed other people were downloading from my machine and eating up my connection.
    I tried blocking it - but everytime you start OD it resets itself and removes you block. Most annoying.

    Too bad really as I wanted to download a couple of recent panorama's.

    anybody know anyway to prevent this reset?
    McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
    Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

    #2
    Originally posted by lilelvis2000
    anybody know anyway to prevent this reset?
    Use a proper firewall with some decent rules or your router. Find out what ports it uses (outbound) and place a hefty restriction is the QoS settings.


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      #3
      Originally posted by lilelvis2000
      Anybody tried this channel 4 OD? I installed it only to realise it is P2P. and as I'm on only a 512K connection I had to uninstall it because I noticed other people were downloading from my machine and eating up my connection.
      I tried blocking it - but everytime you start OD it resets itself and removes you block. Most annoying.

      Too bad really as I wanted to download a couple of recent panorama's.

      anybody know anyway to prevent this reset?
      Found it works well, you will need at least a 2mb link. Because cheap ISPs share your line; you will need at least twice the download speed in order for it to work. C4 runs about 800k.
      "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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        #4
        Originally posted by Paddy
        Found it works well, you will need at least a 2mb link. Because cheap ISPs share your line; you will need at least twice the download speed in order for it to work. C4 runs about 800k.
        No chance of a 2M line, 512K is the fastest we get around here.
        McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
        Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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          #5
          Originally posted by lilelvis2000
          Too bad really as I wanted to download a couple of recent panorama's.

          Panorama's not on channel 4 is it?

          Older and ...well, just older!!

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            #6
            Originally posted by ratewhore
            Panorama's not on channel 4 is it?

            Sorry I meant Dispatches.. Panorama is on BBC of course. Is there onDemand any good.
            McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
            Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."

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