Why are you resisting using BitTorrent? There's currently more seeders than downloaders. People are getting great download speeds, right now as I write this I see many people getting well over my maximum download bandwidth, with one user getting 400 KB/sec. Plus BitTorrent downloads are always good (it does it's own verification while downloading and replaces any bad segment it might get) while mirror downloads, when they complete, are frequently corrupt.

There is more information about BitTorrent in the Downloading FAQ.