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Xycolian2332:

--- Quote from: kojito00 on March 10, 2013, 07:59:11 AM ---
--- Quote from: gits on March 10, 2013, 04:43:37 AM ---Kojito, there is nothing like general example and what warning do you mean?
If you mean warning because you are downloading/uploading over limit it really depends on the internet package you chose.
And if you mean warning because you are downloading illegaly anime then it depends on country you live in and ISP.
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Yep, the second part of your question nails it. I was wondering because, say, if you were downloading a file that's quite large at max speed, then I thought your ISP would be looking at that and say, "hmmmm....," right? I mean, that's like a large bleep in the radar, no? Or at least that's what I thought. But let's redo it from the top; if you were from the USA and your ISP is Comcast or AT&T with whatever bandwidth is popular with a regular household (say, if it was your bandwidth), then how fast would you limit your UL/DL?

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Whether or not you limit your UL/DL doesn't matter. If they see a constant, stable usage over a period of time, then it'd be easy to flag your accpunt as suspicious. I mean if your maximum UL/DL is 100 kb/s , but you limit it to 25 kb/s for each category, then it'd be quite easy to see that you've been steadily using 25 kb/s over the course of x days.

In short, I don't think the speed in which you DL/UL something matters. There are other ways in which they can determine whether or not you are up to something "suspicious".

kojito00:
Ok, thanks Xycolian. That quenched my curiousity, haha. Thanks again!

Bozobub:
The ISP can look at every single damn packet that goes to and from your system.  It's that simple.  The only way to achieve any kind of security with BitTorrent is via the use of a VPN.

Bob2004:
Yeah, how fast you're downloading is irrelevant. Your ISP can just look and go "Oh, he downloaded a torrent file from Bakabt.me! He must be a pirate!"

That said, they won't generally care unless they receive a notice from a copyright holder that you've been pirating their content. In which case they'll just follow whatever standard procedure they have for that.

After all, it's not the ISP's job to police rightsholders' content for them. So they almost certainly won't be paying any attention to it; they don't want to piss off their customers unless they absolutely have to.

kojito00:
If you do receive a warning from your ISP, though, how scared should you be? Should you cease DL/UL activities until things blow over? Because I've read several articles, especially pertaining to the new six strikes policy that most ISP are adopting, and some opinions are voicing the idea of this laying foundations for a precedent to a much harsher law, whereas others are saying it's practically nothing. What do you guys think? It'll be much appreciated, too, if you've got first hand experience of ISP reprimands and such that you can share and what actions you have taken.

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