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Title: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: Zin79 on November 25, 2010, 02:23:11 PM: Except for encryption and changing ISP?
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: Scudworth on November 25, 2010, 04:51:31 PM: Some torrent sites (maybe this one, haven't checked) have the option of downloading the torrent as a .txt file. if your ISP is actively blocking/slowing torrents this should work.
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: Zirro on November 25, 2010, 05:01:35 PM: Quote from: Scudworth on November 25, 2010, 04:51:31 PM
Some torrent sites (maybe this one, haven't checked) have the option of downloading the torrent as a .txt file. if your ISP is actively blocking/slowing torrents this should work.

Wouldn't that be just the .torrent file you're talking about? The issue with ISP throttling relates to the Bittorrent-technology itself. One of the things I'd suggest is trying a different port than normal, as, if you're lucky, your ISP might only have throttled the traffic on standard bittorrent ports.
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: K7IA on November 25, 2010, 05:34:35 PM: I am afraid encryption is the only way and it might still not be enough to prevent shaping. Your connection pattern can still be interpreted as a P2P activity.

Tunneling to a relay agent (which will handle all P2P connections) could be an option as it would be detected as "a single connection to a remote host" but the payload would still need be encrypted.
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: Southrop on November 25, 2010, 09:18:41 PM: Alternative Options to Consider:
- Download to a remote server (on a different connection, not necessarily yours) and then FTP it to your computer
- Swap ISP
- Sue ISP
- Blow up ISP and then get a new one
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: Duki3003 on November 25, 2010, 09:46:35 PM: How about - blow them up and then sue them as well...
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: Zin79 on November 26, 2010, 05:15:20 AM: I guess there's no way to do it...thanks anyway.
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: Soryon on November 26, 2010, 05:20:32 AM: Quote from: Duki3003 on November 25, 2010, 09:46:35 PM
How about - blow them up and then sue them as well...
isnt that the American way? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeaJdoHP3Yw)

Dunno, was just on my mind after reading a ridiculous story in the papers this morning.
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: vuzedome on November 26, 2010, 06:03:22 AM: There are other ways, go for VPNs.
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: K7IA on November 26, 2010, 04:06:09 PM: Blown-up ISPs aside, wouldn't it be cool to create our OWN pirate network infrastructure :D

not with cables of course!

Quantum teleportation achieved over 16 km (http://www.physorg.com/news193551675.html)
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: dogsinafen on November 26, 2010, 11:07:40 PM: Quote from: vuzedome on November 26, 2010, 06:03:22 AM
There are other ways, go for VPNs.

Aw yeah VPN.
Even a shit poor person can afford around 5$ a month...
Title: Re: Any way to avoid ISP shaping/throttling?
Post by: Zin79 on November 29, 2010, 07:39:12 AM: Funny thing is, I get 450 kB/s in local trackers...I guess, my ISP has blocked the well-known trackers.