Bandwidth issues

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Inspired by the other thread here.

I live with 6 other guys (no homo) and we share what has to be said a very poor internet connection together. Unfortunately 1 of them has a string of torrents that he just puts on and leaves on, I'd do it as well but I'm too considerate.

Is there any way of doctoring the router to limit downloads on certain data types? P99 isn't affected too badly due to being able to run on old dial-ups etc, and I'm not playing much at the moment anyway. Would just be nice to browse t'internetz without having to wait for YouTube videos to load.

Not overly tech savvy but I'd welcome any suggestions (aside from throwing his laptop off a tall building). He won't be reasoned with.