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Offline KappaWing

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ISPs and LimeWire
on: October 06, 2006, 05:32:50 pm
I know ISPs can see the file size and bit rate as you d/l from Limewire, and can call you if you take up too much bandwith. My question is can they see exactly WHAT you're downloading? I'm scared my mom will answer the phone, with the ISP employee on the other end of the line saying "Hello Mrs. ****, we would like to ask you to please stop dowloading all this ghey pr0n through Limewire, it is really clogging our bandwidth, thanks!"
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Offline Hippo

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Re: ISPs and LimeWire
Reply #1 on: October 06, 2006, 06:29:21 pm
They can see every packet containing every byte you send if they want. If you have a problem hitting your bandwidth limit, you really should look into how much you're using, and its a good sign that you have an addiction/problem.
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Offline Kosh

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Re: ISPs and LimeWire
Reply #2 on: October 06, 2006, 11:10:43 pm
Don't download gh3y pr0n and you won't have that problem.
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Offline KappaWing

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Re: ISPs and LimeWire
Reply #3 on: October 07, 2006, 08:35:52 am
Lets say I d/l 750 megs of stuff a day from LimeWire. Will that be enough to grab the ISP's attention?
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Offline vyper

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Re: ISPs and LimeWire
Reply #4 on: October 07, 2006, 09:30:42 am
I'd say so, if it's over your monthly bandwidth.
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Offline Ulala

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Re: ISPs and LimeWire
Reply #5 on: October 07, 2006, 04:03:12 pm
At Oregon State University (in a residence hall) we had one gig of bandwidth a day for in and out.. If you went over, you'd get throttled and if you get throttled enough times, ResNet contacts you, and if it still happens after that, you get disconnected for the rest of the year.
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Offline Kosh

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Re: ISPs and LimeWire
Reply #6 on: October 07, 2006, 07:19:12 pm
Quote from: Ulala on October 07, 2006, 04:03:12 pm
At Oregon State University (in a residence hall) we had one gig of bandwidth a day for in and out.. If you went over, you'd get throttled and if you get throttled enough times, ResNet contacts you, and if it still happens after that, you get disconnected for the rest of the year.


I've gone over that limit many times and they never once sent me a warning.
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Offline Ulala

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Re: ISPs and LimeWire
Reply #7 on: October 07, 2006, 07:32:50 pm
I only went over once cause I forgot about a torrent I had running and it uploaded me over the limit, but it wasn't anything huge. I never needed to download much from the internet anyway, since there was always DC++ which hooked you up to everyone else on campus. I just let them do all the downloading from the net.
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #8 on: October 07, 2006, 07:38:46 pm
Several times in a week I uploaded 3 GB pe day.
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Offline Ulala

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Reply #9 on: October 07, 2006, 08:20:08 pm
Lol, good to know their threats are empty.
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #10 on: October 07, 2006, 08:26:19 pm
Just as long as you don't do something crazy like upload and/or download more than 3.5 GB you should be ok, provided you don't do it all the time. Just a couple of times a month is ok.
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