[ILUG] BBC iPlayer

[Steven Kavanagh]

The UK exit nodes seem pretty fast.

Regards,
Steve

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Tom Salmon <tom at tomsalmon.com> wrote:

> 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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