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Internet service providers to act against online piracy by reducing bandwidth
Meomix:
I'm really curious as to what the crack version of internet DRM will be, it's going to be so epic if they manage to triforce the ISPs browsers.
Tiffanys:
--- Quote from: Bob2004 on July 13, 2011, 09:44:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: saidin1015 on July 13, 2011, 09:08:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: Meomix on July 13, 2011, 08:32:19 PM ---Time to set up a VPN!
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know any good servers?
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SwissVPN are cheap and reliable, though the speed is slower than many (I get around 700KB/s downloads according to bittorrent). It's the service I use (their new SSTP option is excellent).
I also have one word of caution for anyone looking for a good VPN service: Don't use a PPTP or LT2P VPN. While they do work, the connection between you and the server is not properly encrypted, so your ISP can still see what you're doing. You should go with a service that provides either OpenVPN (3rd party open-source software that works on all platforms), or SSTP (also known as SSL VPN, and which is built into Windows Vista and 7).
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How about your upload speeds?
Burkingam:
This is old news in canada.
x5ga:
--- Quote from: Tiffanys on July 13, 2011, 07:13:19 PM ---
--- Quote ---(Reuters) - Consumers who illegally download copyrighted films, music or television shows might see their Internet speed slowed or access restricted under an industry anti-piracy effort announced on Thursday.
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So, my warez are okay? :D
Bob2004:
--- Quote from: Tiffanys on July 14, 2011, 06:29:21 AM ---
--- Quote from: Bob2004 on July 13, 2011, 09:44:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: saidin1015 on July 13, 2011, 09:08:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: Meomix on July 13, 2011, 08:32:19 PM ---Time to set up a VPN!
--- End quote ---
know any good servers?
--- End quote ---
SwissVPN are cheap and reliable, though the speed is slower than many (I get around 700KB/s downloads according to bittorrent). It's the service I use (their new SSTP option is excellent).
I also have one word of caution for anyone looking for a good VPN service: Don't use a PPTP or LT2P VPN. While they do work, the connection between you and the server is not properly encrypted, so your ISP can still see what you're doing. You should go with a service that provides either OpenVPN (3rd party open-source software that works on all platforms), or SSTP (also known as SSL VPN, and which is built into Windows Vista and 7).
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How about your upload speeds?
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Utorrent's bandwidth test tells me 83.1KB/s, which is roughly the upload speed I get on my home connection anyway, so I can't tell how much faster the VPN can go. Annoyingly they don't say what speeds you get anywhere on their website either, though it presumably depends how far away you are from Switzerland.
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