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by k-mcgrady 4520 days ago
>> "Edit: how many times have I bought a movie on iTunes to show my kids how to do it right, and then torrented it as I couldn't wait for the download, too slow."

Strange, I find iTunes the fastest way to download media + you can watch while downloading. For me that usually means spend 30-60 seconds downloading and then start watching and the download keeps up.
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dsuth 4520 days ago
Not here (Australia). iTunes can take anywhere up to 40 minutes to download enough of a high res movie to start watching. And can then randomly stop the movie as it fails to keep up enough bandwidth over the 1:30 or so run duration.

Torrents are normally half an hour from start to finish.

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taspeotis 4520 days ago
Are you using Google DNS? I've had issues with CDNs because of that.
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errantspark 4520 days ago
These days you can watch torrents while downloading too.
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