 For the In Rainbows download release, Radiohead employed the network provider PacketExchange to bypass public internet servers, using a less-trafficked private network. The download was packaged as a ZIP file containing the album's ten tracks encoded in 160 kbit / s DRM-free MP3 format. The staggered online release began at about 5: 30am GMT on 10 October 2007. On 10 December, the download was removed.
