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Topic: Tor works very slowly for me. Any advice on how to speed it up?

Anonymous A started this topic 9 months (2009-07-03 16:15:?? UTC) ago (#28,822):

I use Tor with Firefox and the Torbutton attachment. I was wondering if there were any settings that I could adjust, whether within Tor or Firefox, that would make Tor faster and more responsive. I ask because it seems to me that Tor is a goldmine for finding you know what, but the ultra-slow load times leave me impatient and frustrated. Thanks in advance for any help.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-03 16:40:?? UTC) ago, 24 minutes later (#172,383):

Sure, just set up some dedicated tor nodes and help everybody.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-03 16:56:?? UTC) ago, 16 minutes later, 40 minutes past creation (#172,392):

There is really no way to "speed it up", without contributing to the network… As another poster pointed out. You could try hitting "Use a new identity" a couple of times, that sometimes helps. Usually I will load up a bunch of pages (open a load of tabs) and go make myself a pot of tea or something until it's all loaded.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-03 19:27:?? UTC) ago, 3 hours later, 3 hours past creation (#172,465):

If you run a relay, you will get better speeds, and it will also help the Tor network. All you need is at least 20 kilobytes/s each way (of course, more is better).

See http://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en and https://www.torproject.org/faq#WhySlow

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