On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:26:52PM +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> On Sunday 24 January 2010 22:15:49 Steven Kavanagh wrote:
>> > There is a better (and free) way to do this. Set up tor on your linux box
> > and configure it to only use UK exit nodes. Then install foxyproxy in
> > firefox and filter everything for bbc.co.uk/iplayer to use tor.
>> Thanks for all the suggestions.
> I'm trying the above, but without success to date.
>> As a matter of interest,
> what speed connection does one need to get reasonable TV over the internet?
> And what kind and size of monitor would you recommend?
>
Has anyone got good throughput when using Tor?
On the occasions that I've used it, I rarely get better than what I was used to on a dialup connection.
Tom.
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