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Administrator MrSaffron
(staff) Thu 04-Nov-10 15:07:13
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Re: isp paranoia need help please


[re: stevie_bear] [link to this post]
 
Define safe to use torrents on.

If refering to possible legal action due to uploading material without copyright holders permission, no ISP is immune to this.

If referring to simply which ones do not traffic management torrent traffic then its a very different matter.

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Standard User RobertoS
(legend) Thu 04-Nov-10 15:14:30
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Standard User RobertoS
(legend) Thu 04-Nov-10 15:24:54
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Re: isp paranoia need help please


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On that exchange your best ISP by far is Be. The package to choose depends mainly on what their speed estimator comes up with. You can also get £40 cashback by signing up through TopcashBack or Quidco so long as you do that correctly. More info on cashback if you decide to go that route.

They do not use traffic management and their FUP (covering excessive use degrading the system for others) has never been invoked barring when there was a major cable fault causing significant capacity problems, when we know of one user receiving a polite request to cool it.

As MrSaffron says, no ISP will ignore a court order that says they have to supply details of the user of a specific IP address. On the other hand I'm not aware of any who supply such information without a court order.

Be do not supply email or web space facilities. I recommend against using ISP-supplied ones anyway. See my ISP-independent web/email page.

My broadband basic info/help site - www.robertos.me.uk
My domains,website and mail hosting - Tsohost. Internet connection - O2 Standard.


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Standard User stevie_bear
(newbie) Thu 04-Nov-10 16:15:52
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Re: isp paranoia need help please


[re: MrSaffron] [link to this post]
 
I was refering to ones that do not traffic management torrent traffic is possible.

I was going to go with BE but their website was not working properly, I typed in my postcode and it say the service was not available. Thanks for the advice much appreciated I'll give them a call.
Anonymous
(Unregistered)Thu 04-Nov-10 18:34:58
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Re: isp paranoia need help please


[re: aquiss] [link to this post]
 
but DPI is used by many ISPs to help manage traffic.


I'm no expert on DPI but any use of DPI is very bad. The government is going to use DPI as part of it's, Intercept Modernisation Programme. That means, when the government want's to, any data from your internet connection, can be reconstructed.

This is big brother. So I would avoid any ISP that uses DPI but in future all of them will be using it. Because it will be law. So at that point, time to ditch the net.

Shame BT will waste billions on upgrades, then for everyone to stop using it, because of internet spying.
Standard User nredwood
(knowledge is power) Thu 04-Nov-10 20:50:24
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Re: isp paranoia need help please


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http://beusergroup.co.uk/?id=446

If you go into the BE Usergroup IRC, that may be able to give you an estimate
http://irc.beusergroup.co.uk:8080/?channels=Be

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