Is this a student house?
I think it's to be expected that torrents etc will occur at some point. Perhaps you went a little overboard. Is it really worth the arguments etc over something like this?

The real solution was to chat to them rather than cut them off. Obviously the contract was in your name so you were probably worried about getting done for their illegal downloading habits. Perhaps if you chatted with them initially they could have just taken over the original contract and then the onus and liability would have landed on their doorstep.

As it stands now they have the contract with orange, if they download illegally they will get caught not you.

So are you allowed on this new orange broadband connection?... If not I see why you are so fuming.

Given that they're downloading illegal content though it's probably best to not be in your name. This being said I share my internet connection with several people and there's probably torrents etc occurring on my broadband. Do I loose sleep over it - no.

Easiest option right now is to let the housemate keep the orange BB in their name and you can share the new connection. Then if they download illegal stuff you wont get done for it. So you have no worry

Edited by ukhardy07 (Thu 06-Sep-12 01:12:07)

In reply to a post by ukhardy07:

Is this a student house?
I think it's to be expected that torrents etc will occur at some point. Perhaps you went a little overboard. Is it really worth the arguments etc over something like this?

The real solution was to chat to them rather than cut them off. Obviously the contract was in your name so you were probably worried about getting done for their illegal downloading habits. Perhaps if you chatted with them initially they could have just taken over the original contract and then the onus and liability would have landed on their doorstep.

As it stands now they have the contract with orange, if they download illegally they will get caught not you.

So are you allowed on this new orange broadband connection?... If not I see why you are so fuming.

Given that they're downloading illegal content though it's probably best to not be in your name. This being said I share my internet connection with several people and there's probably torrents etc occurring on my broadband. Do I loose sleep over it - no.

Easiest option right now is to let the housemate keep the orange BB in their name and you can share the new connection. Then if they download illegal stuff you wont get done for it. So you have no worry

No its not a student i am a IT consultant working in London. And yes he will not be sharing the orange connection ( i am currently using BT Fon as a backup by borrowing a mates credentials)

I actually kicked him off let him back on the Sky service on 4 separate occasions, he simply refused to abide by a fair policy and no torrents rule which everyone else in the house followed. He permanently lost access after he tried to goad me into fighting him (he placed his fist on my mouth and push through violently a couple of times to try to extract a reaction) i just reported it to the police instead. I know he already has a criminal conviction for assault in 2011. Nice guy.

I need the connection for VPN to the corporate network so i can work evenings and weekends if required and i am also completing a part time MBA so need access to university portal.

In reply to a post by smahmood:

i am a IT consultant

You need to consult an IT specialist!

Its disgusting that he has disconnected you and isn't sharing the access with you now.

Explain the situation with sky and hopefully they can sort you out. Otherwise get a new line of your own in your own room.

Don't do anything that can be proven to be your fault. If sky get the line back hopefully he will be charged a full contract with orange.

Worst comes to worst keep resetting the router

Just get a second line installed, or move out.

Joys of shared households

Agreed, getting a second line installed seems to be the sensible solution here.