I took the suggestions from this group and installed the Tor package on
winxp but was very dismayed to find the speed slowdown when viewing complex
web pages made the freeware Tor unusable.

Is there a way to speed up Tor freeware so it's usable?

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"Tia B. McMahon" <mcmahon4@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I took the suggestions from this group and installed the Tor package on
> winxp but was very dismayed to find the speed slowdown when viewing comple
x
> web pages made the freeware Tor unusable.
>
> Is there a way to speed up Tor freeware so it's usable?

Yes, a very simple way: Install Tor on your high-speed, low-latency server
and open it up as an exit node without any ratelimits.

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Anonymous Sender <anonymous@remailer.metacolo.com> wrote:

> "Tia B. McMahon" <mcmahon4@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>
> Yes, a very simple way: Install Tor on your high-speed, low-latency server
> and open it up as an exit node without any ratelimits.

Won't help. 

>

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"Tia B. McMahon" <mcmahon4@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I took the suggestions from this group and installed the Tor package on
> winxp but was very dismayed to find the speed slowdown when viewing comple
x
> web pages made the freeware Tor unusable.

Did the page load?

Then Tor is usable. Even if it didn't load entirely Tor is still
usable. By definition you should be not loading certain content anyway.

>
> Is there a way to speed up Tor freeware so it's usable?

The throughput hit and lack of bells and whistles like Flash and Java
are the prices you pay for achieving real anonymity. Tor throughput
will vary. Sometimes it's nearly as fast as my normal cable connection.
I actually have to check to make sure I'm not surfing naked. Sometimes
it's dog slow. Try building a different circuit (changing identities in
Vidalia if you use it). That will probably help with exceptionally slow
connections.

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