The idea was to defer the load over multiple servers. It's quite possible, and actually pretty simple with PHP, or even just a moderated mirror program. Hell, just make the thing work like a banner rotator and hit different servers every time.
Or you might try to run them via Usenet, or even Kazaa. As I understand the problem it is a matter of bandwith and user stupidity, so taking the burden from the EQemu site would be the optimal solution.
Or, another idea, have a "Patch Server IP" option in the patcher program and let the matter solve itself as will happen in the opensource community.
Any of these would have the added benefit of removing the borderline-warez label from the team itself. No need to worry about people taking notice.
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