Downloading films is very slow

Hi,
Having problems with extremely slow download speeds when trying to download films, especially HD. It takes more than 4 hours to start playing, and even then pauses to buffer.
I have done speed tests which show the broadband is running consistantly at around 2.2Mbps which I beleive should be fine for even HD movies.
The apple TV is connected via ethernet and I have tried rebooting everything, also have updated router firmware and apple TV is up to date.
I have spoken to the ISP who say no throttling is in effect on the line.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

ThirtyFour wrote:
OK, ISP says no shaping on the line.
of course they would say that. very few ISPs will admit to it even though they do.
How big is an HD movie? I was thinking about 2Gb
the sizes are now listed when you look at them in itunes. 3.5GB seems to be average.
As an addition question, if I download a rented movie, unplug the ATV and take it somewhere without an internet connection, will I still be able to see/watch the rented movie?
probably not as authorisation is required to playback and internet access is used to do that i believe (on the appletv anyway).

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