ISP throttling bandwidth for Apple TV

I'm at my whit's end here... I've been experiencing several hour downloads for movies, and even longer downloads for HD movies. After extensive research, I decided to call my ISP and ask them if they were throttling my bandwidth... they told me that they don't throttle, but they have "filters" which make it fair for all internet users. However, we all know this is throttling - just with a better name.

Anyway, it seems as though there is no way around this... either I switch ISPs (which I can't because DSL is not available where I live yet) or deal with the fact that I can't get movies on my Apple TV (of even TV shows for that matter - they take forever too).

Is there ANYTHING I can do to bypass the throttling? Movies and TV shows download at blazing speeds in iTunes, likely because it is on an HTTP protocol. So why is Apple TV being confused with BitTorrent downloads?

I realize I can just download TV shows in iTunes and sync them to the Apple TV, but this still means that rentals are off the table... and there's nothing I can do about it.

Someone please help me 😟