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Originally Posted by BoggyB
Have you discovered fileplanet, with its queues? Or even worse, sites which only allow one download per IP? Those are really useful when you're behind a heavily-used transparent proxy server (e.g. that of a major ISP). The worse ones deliver IP bans for multiple connections, simply because some idiot wrote a DoS program disguised as a download accelerator (extra connections does not necessarily mean more speed but always means more server load).
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Fileplanet, with its queues, is usually fine because there are multiple queues. Just try again in a few minutes. Do you really need that download now?
Sites which only allow one download per IP should usually clean out their list to get rid of such proxy IPs every so often. If not, then there are some workarounds.
As for IP bans for multiple connections, you shouldn't be doing that. It's unethical, especially if you have a fast connection (you already have a fast connection, wait a while), and it doesn't work if you have a slower one (e.g. dial-up).
All these things may cause problems, but in my opinion Download.com is a horrible, horrible place, every other download has some sort of malware attached to it, and because a lot of people use download.com without knowing this, a lot of people get infected.
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