# Verizon FIOS flagged me for using torrents..WTF?

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**Created:** [April 13, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-fios-flagged-me-for-using-torrents-wtf/263391 "2012-04-13T20:01:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-fios-flagged-me-for-using-torrents-wtf/263391/18 "2012-04-16T08:30:09Z")

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> [@RC Car/Truck thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rc-car-truck-thread/21682/46):
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> I only seed in spurts. Maybe 24 hours straight…then stop for like 80 hours, etc.

Same here - I’ll seed, unthrottled, for a few hours, then pause them all; on and off. you can schedule it on some clients, but it’s better to randomize the traffic as opposed the setting any sort of pattern for traffic analyzers to pick up on.

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