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[BadBob666]

My ISP is using a Severe P2P Filter, anybody got ideas how to get around this? I have ports open in router, rules set in firewall. Everything was fine, but recentlly my ISP have put a filter spesificaly to curtail my use of Emule. My ISP is BT. I phoned the "Fair Usage" line & they said they had removed my bandwidth throttle, as it was apparent that the "PROBLEM" was down to my use of P2P - ie - Emule. I now can get only a couple of Kilobytes up or down for most of the time, and limited sources - it now works as Emule would with ports closed.

[AL3X]

If I were you, I'd change ISP

[eiki]

I had the same problem back in time, my ISP told me they were making a maintenance on the line (for about 6 months... ), until I threatened them to call for a consumer association if they wouldn't free the the ports. They did it, and my flow was 50% faster!!! I'm in France by the way

[AL3X]

UK ISPs Surrender, Agree To Fight P2P Piracy

It's obvious that french ISPs are way different than the british ones

BadBob666, maybe you should seriously consider moving to another country

[BadBob666]

ALEX, thanks for the link in your 2nd post on this. (I had seen other references to it but not that 1). It seems the ISP's have not yet finalised a course of action. My own experience seems to show that unofficial action is already in place! BT, if not the other 5 ISP's, already have instigated punitive measures to curb P2P. My broadband usage exeeded 100Gigs/Month downloads on a regular basis, thus I have been targeted. this is going to impact the P2P network on a HUGE scale! It seems impossible to counteract this.

[AL3X]

I have 3 words for you: location, location, location

[BadBob666]

ALEX, you seem to be missing the point. If ISP's can block P2P with impunity, the ramifications are worrying. I do not know the Country you are in or the ISP you use - but if YOUR ISP decide to block P2P on YOUR broadband - maybe you would not be so SMUG in your posts?

[AL3X]

C'mon, can't you see I'm only kidding?

I know this whole thing is serious, but it's nothing new
and it will only get worse http://tvunderground...tyle_emoticons/dark/sad.gif

So don't mind me, I'm just a LocO SOB (Silly Old Bastard)

[Prower]

It's unlikely they'll be able to monitor much. Just a few flagged IPs.

Anyway aren't BT DSL IPs dynamic?

[AL3X]

Doesn't really matter if IP is static or dynamic

I understand they use some kind of algorithm
to determine whether you're connected to a P2P network,
so they can throttle your broadband speed

[BadBob666]

I have installed Ghostsurf on my P2P download computer. It seems to be confusing BT's filter software. Now I only get the usual peak-time slowdown. (BT have a generic block on P2P for ALL users during peak time!! It has screwed up my Email on that computer, working on that! As I type this P2P downloads are a GO, as normal! Wonder how long it will take BT to counteract this? :rolleyes:

[AL3X]

BadBob666, on Aug 1 2008, 01:29 AM, said:

I have installed Ghostsurf on my P2P download computer. It seems to be confusing BT's filter software.

Where there's a will, there's a way  

[Chrysalys]

I think your issue could be resolved in using a SSL VPN.

Or changing ISP....