In reply to a post by RossMcG:

they are doing a pretty poor job of actually managing the blocks

They're doing all that the court requires of them. The fact that there are easy workarounds just shows how ineffectual is the court's judgement.

Incidentally nobody said you did use TPB .

As been with both in the past they are roughly the same

no throttling that i've notice from either.

BT also block Pirate Bay as well as others....

Exactly! It's a Court Order on all major ISPs.

For some reason it isnt blocked by mobile providers. perhaps the courts dont deem them as "major"

It is more likely that the high cost of data on most mobile operators means that it is a limited target as people will be unable to download in the bulk that they can on a fixed broadband line. They target those where they will get the most bang for their buck.

All you need download is the torrent file or even copy the magnet link, then fire into your torrent client remotely and add. They only block access to the site. So really the court order(s) are pretty useless.

In reply to a post by RossMcG:

All you need download is the torrent file or even copy the magnet link, then fire into your torrent client remotely and add. They only block access to the site. So really the court order(s) are pretty useless.

Makes no difference to me as I don't use torrents. I know you can get around the blocks but have no inclination to download from torrents - I have no need to download Linux distros from them and no desire to download copyright material that could be laden with malware/viruses.

In reply to a post by RossMcG:

For some reason it isn't blocked by mobile providers

It is by some. Of the 5 providers ordered by court to block 3, EE, O2 & Virgin, were also mobile providers. It's certainly blocked on EE & O2 mobiles.

Edited by XRaySpeX (Fri 23-May-14 16:49:37)

works on three mobile, i am sure they will soon be hitting the block