ISP Bans filesharing

**RACKnRAIL** · May 31st, 2008, 10:18 AM

What would you do if your ISP bans downloading or uploading copyrighted files?

If the authorities force ISP's into doing something, for example, like France's 3 strike approach, what will you do?

Will you continue to d/l? Would you look for a more anonymous means? Perhaps you would cancel your Internet subscription.

I believe, personally, I would cancel my subscription and pirate a wireless connection...maybe.

What approach would you take?

**thepuzzler** · May 31st, 2008, 11:22 AM

I'd ban them from taking my money each month.
(Which is exactly what I'm doing tomorrow after I found out today my ISP is doing this) :

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05..._restrictions/

(Slightly off topic)
Virgin Media have a *big* problem with cloned Modems / mac addresses which they won't publicly admit and seem to think punishing their legitimate subscriber base is a better option to regain control of their bandwidth.

**RACKnRAIL** · May 31st, 2008, 11:32 AM

Holy crap! That sucks big time. What are your options?

**thepuzzler** · May 31st, 2008, 11:56 AM

Cancel my subscription and buy a cloned modem!

**notbob** · May 31st, 2008, 12:35 PM

really, it's hardly worth crying about. the minimum throttled speeds are still 10x the average speeds for US ISPs

**thepuzzler** · May 31st, 2008, 01:09 PM

Well you see the thing is...

I signed up for a 20 Meg unlimited package, with no throttling whatsoever when I signed on the dotted line.

Sure I could quit my min subscription under breach of contract which is what I'll be doing. It's just that they have the audacity to say they're increasing their unlimited package to 50 meg in a couple of month.

The mind boggles.

**primevil** · June 1st, 2008, 09:22 AM

I would switch isp's and encourage everyone you know to switch as well. Hit em where it hurts the bank account.

**JosefStalin** · June 1st, 2008, 03:06 PM

Probably nothing. I already have enough porn and games (basically the only things I download) to last a lifetime. Actually, I guess the porn thing would be annoying. But fortunately, Ive never heard of the porn industry going after downloaders.

killahill · June 9th, 2008, 06:47 AM

I would use BT guard and keep downloading.
http://btguard.com/
fight the power!:icon_rr: :icon_thum

**RACKnRAIL** · June 9th, 2008, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by killahill

I would use BT guard and keep downloading.
http://btguard.com/
fight the power!:icon_rr: :icon_thum

$6.95 a month for a proxy that you can get for free. What a joke.

If anyone thinks this is the answer to anonymous files sharing, you'd better think again. In fact, they are so lame that their website does not have an about link or anything else on the site to explain their spectacular anonymous process. Nada! Furthermore, please note that this is only a proxy service, so the traffic between the user and the server is not encrypted, which means that ISPs can (potentially) still monitor it

**wapazoid** · June 9th, 2008, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by RACKnRAIL

What would you do if your ISP bans downloading or uploading copyrighted files?

If the authorities force ISP's into doing something, for example, like France's 3 strike approach, what will you do?

Will you continue to d/l? Would you look for a more anonymous means? Perhaps you would cancel your Internet subscription.

I believe, personally, I would cancel my subscription and pirate a wireless connection...maybe.

What approach would you take?

I'd probably revert back to what I was doing in '98: setting up trades on a few forums and sending out discs via snail mail.

How would you go about pirating a decent wireless connection?

**RACKnRAIL** · June 9th, 2008, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by wapazoid

How would you go about pirating a decent wireless connection?

Haven't you heard of network piggybacking? It is a very questionable practice. I would not recommend it. However, many people do it everyday from their suburban homes and downtown apartment complexes.

**wapazoid** · June 9th, 2008, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by RACKnRAIL

Haven't you heard of network piggybacking? It is a very questionable practice. I would not recommend it. However, many people do it everyday from their suburban homes and downtown apartment complexes.

Piggybacking an unsecured network, sure. In my area, it's pretty rare to come across a household or small business that isn't securing their connection, let alone finding an unprotected one in range. I thought you might have had something fancier in mind.

killahill · June 9th, 2008, 03:58 PM

A cantenna will boost you range. ;)
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html
http://www.cantenna.com/

**thepuzzler** · June 9th, 2008, 05:20 PM

How would you go about pirating a decent wireless connection?

Well to clone a modem one only needs a MAC adress of a paying subscriber in their local area network (At least on virgin anyway) and a second hand cable modem.

Of course if they upgraded their security to require a login and password this could easily be nipped in the bud.

They're TV package is just as easy to pirate owing to the fact they haven't upgraded their Conditional Access past Nagravision 1 encryption which is pretty piss easy to break, but I digress...