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I've downloaded gigabytes of ubuntu patches through uniwide. Theres no arbitrary limit...but if you're downloading something like 10GB/day then obviously eyebrows will be raised
 

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I just downloaded uTorrent onto my laptop at uni and 30 seconds later the fire alarm went off. It freaked me out big time...
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haahahahahaha!

never download torrents at uni, uploads are the way to go if u desperatley need to dl something
 

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because with p2p programs u connect to heaps of peers who upload parts of data to u, i think.

the folks at IT can easily see when theres a hundred or so connections going to a room in some place.

just dont doet.
 

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lol k.
So do you have any good upload sites for me then?
Cos I only ever use torrents.
 

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dude i think its earlier in this thread someone, casmira i think, talked about why torrents make u get caught.

read from beginning.
 

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I was downloading a podcast for one of my subjects, and the download speed was 3MB/second... MADNESS!! Literally took seconds to download :headbang:
 

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Re: 回复: Downloading from uniwide, few questions...

seriously just plug ur laptop into a ethernet port, pray that its activated and bam. unrestricted internets
I am yet to find any spare ethernet port thats activated. whats happens if i pull one of the ethernet cables out from the computers and plug in mine?

I was downloading a podcast for one of my subjects, and the download speed was 3MB/second... MADNESS!! Literally took seconds to download
where at?
 

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I was downloading a podcast for one of my subjects, and the download speed was 3MB/second... MADNESS!! Literally took seconds to download :headbang:
yeah where were u when u got that dl speed?

most ive gotten is 2.5MBps, lvl 9 library semester 2 last year, but i havnt got near that speed lately, i used to get at least 600kbps, average of 900, sometimes 1500, and 2500 was the fastest ever, but now i only get like 450kbps max :(
 

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yeah where were u when u got that dl speed?

most ive gotten is 2.5MBps, lvl 9 library semester 2 last year, but i havnt got near that speed lately, i used to get at least 600kbps, average of 900, sometimes 1500, and 2500 was the fastest ever, but now i only get like 450kbps max :(

i was there today and got around 400kbps as well :burn:
 

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it can be dependent on how many people are on the network in that area at the time.
 

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yeah where were u when u got that dl speed?

most ive gotten is 2.5MBps, lvl 9 library semester 2 last year, but i havnt got near that speed lately, i used to get at least 600kbps, average of 900, sometimes 1500, and 2500 was the fastest ever, but now i only get like 450kbps max :(
Law Library lol.
 
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I bring tidings of bad news UNSWers, according to Speedtest.net, our uni's ISP ranks 6th out of all of Australia's ISPs. We're behind ANU, Uni of Adelaide, USyd and Macq.

:(:(:(
 

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I bring tidings of bad news UNSWers, according to Speedtest.net, our uni's ISP ranks 6th out of all of Australia's ISPs. We're behind ANU, Uni of Adelaide, USyd and Macq.

:(:(:(
lol

and you named 4 unis hahahahahahahahhaha
 
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Re: 回复: Downloading from uniwide, few questions...

I am yet to find any spare ethernet port thats activated. whats happens if i pull one of the ethernet cables out from the computers and plug in mine?



where at?
that would work, depends on what u do, if u unplug it and just browse with ur laptop (kinda pointless) they wont pick up on it, a spike in downloads might ask questions

the net at uni is insanely fast yeah, usyd/unsw + other major unis share the same backbone which afaik is optus's network
 

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