ISP blocks p2p traffic

[agajop]

Just had a frantic phonecall from my brother back home on the Isle of Man.

It appears that the only broadband provider over there has recently blocked traffic on p2p clients such as Kazaa & Emule.

Uploads seem unaffected, reaching 40kb/s, but downloads have been reduced to a trickle. Is there any way of getting round this?

I have searched Google for answers, and the only suggestion seems to be to switch ISP, something which is impossible under the current monopoly.

Any ideas?

[serrebi101]

try switching ports,

[Ezza6745]

Yeah switching ports might work or change ISP's theres plenty of ISP's out there that offer broadband for nearly the same price. Mine (zen) hasnt said anything and i've been raping the hell out of my connection since i first got it a couple of months ago been downloading gigs of stuff everyday :)

Or like janett said try diffrent p2p apps cos Kazaa sux's now :green2

[agajop]

Yeah switching ports might work or change ISP's theres plenty of ISP's out there that offer broadband for nearly the same price. Mine (zen) hasnt said anything and i've been raping the hell out of my connection since i first got it a couple of months ago been downloading gigs of stuff everyday :)

Or like jannett said try diffrent p2p apps cos Kazaa sux's now :green2

It's the only broadband ISP on the island, so I guess they can do what they want.

If you change the incoming port on Emule, what port number would you advise to use, or doesn't it matter?

Thanks!

[waqasr]

It's the only broadband ISP on the island, so I guess they can do what they want.

If you change the incoming port on Emule, what port number would you advise to use, or doesn't it matter?

Thanks!

Please try to use a random port instead of 4662, because a lot of ISP have filters on 4662 port. Any number between 80 and 65530 should be OK
Waqas :fire

[begoodbebad]

2 minutes on google and I found 5 ISPs who offer their services on the Isle of Man. One even offers a 60 mbps wireless service! I assume this particular one is for corporations and millionaires only but anyway there is competition and there is a choice....so always carry a towel and don't panic.

[zaphodiv]

>Any number between 80 and 65530 should be OK

Port 80 is a bad port to use for emule because the ed2k protocol won't go through web proxys. If you want to use a well know port try 443 or 21.

Windows uses a few ports such as 135-139 and 5000 so you can't use those.

[shawners]

also people have setup to http tunneling and such.. Or web based file sharing programs, since their not as well stablished.

[Dominion]

Web based programs? Never heard anything about that, could you tell something more? I am looking forward to get an p2p app working through http proxy, but I doubt I will ever see something like that

[Stownplayer]

Use a pay anonymous proxy server then not even your isp can see what the traffic is. Especially if you find one that uses encrypted tunnels.

best of luck

[warez-wolph]

He could try that "other" p2p app that uses proxies.