Because HTTPS traffic is encrypted, your ISP cannot see what you are downloading, but they can see how much. If you are on a "fair usage" policy, schedule large PKG package downloads between 2 AM and 6 AM local time. This yields significantly better throughput because residential nodes are under less load.
The best packages explicitly state the minimum firmware (e.g., "FW 9.00"). Packages that claim "FW 5.05" are older but more stable for jailbroken consoles. Packages requiring "FW 11.00" are newer but may not work on older setups. Better packages match your specific console’s current firmware.
Not all PKG files are created equal. Even with HTTPS, you need to know what makes a package "better." Use this checklist: https psndlnet packages better
Check the URL format
SSL/TLS issues
Rate limiting / timeouts
Use curl or wget for better control
wget --continue --tries=10 --timeout=30 "https://psndl.net/packages/better/file.pkg"
| Goal | Tool/Method | Command Example |
|------|-------------|------------------|
| Faster downloads | axel (multi-thread) | axel -n 10 https://psndlnet/packages/pkg.tar.xz |
| Resume broken downloads | wget -c | wget -c https://psndlnet/packages/large-file.deb |
| Mirror selection | apt-select | Auto-find fastest mirror from psndlnet |
| Bandwidth limiting | wget --limit-rate=500k | Prevents network saturation |
| Recursive download | wget -r -l1 -np | Download an entire package directory |