internet - Proxy helps in downloading podcasts

Last week I complained that downloading podcasts was such a hard thing to do here in Shanghai. Today i switched on my proxy to download also some BBC programs, like "In Our Times". The BBC is the only of the mainstream media I know who did not get unblocked and has to be accessed through a proxy. And just guess: the downloading does not stop anymore. I'm now downloading item 36 out of 43. It is still unclear whether I get every time the full podcasts, but for sure this is an improvement for podcasting in China.
Update: I have been cheering too early. Just as I was posting this message, the bloody system stagnated again. First a happy hour with the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents' Club and then I have some time to look at what has happened.