My Isp Told Me To Stop Sharing!

[brucelee21]

My ISP called me the other day concerning my high-speed internet. I spoke to a rep and she said that my dl/ul were unusally high for a residential connection.
I just got high speed in Oct. so I was itchin for dowloadin....Oct- 22gb dl/ul(kazaa lite only)....Nov- 57gb dl/ul ( BT and kazaa lite). She said that if I was using any kind of filesharing program, that I should turn of the sharing...also saying that apprx 22gb was an okay amount per month, but it was still in the high dl's. I asked if this was common and she said no its rare....so with that being said what should I do???

[ultimatejester]

There must be a download and upload capacity set on your account. If there isnt then talk to your ISP. Btw, What the hell do you download? :rolleyes:

[ZaZu]

Originally posted by ultimatejester@1 December 2003 - 18:05
Btw, What the hell do you download? :rolleyes:
yeah.....what? :o

[johnboy27]

I hit 45 gigs down and 35 up the first month I started using bittorrent. I went crazy,downloading at a steady 500kb/s and uploading at around 200-250 kb/s for about 10 days. Needless to say my ISP tried to cap me that month. I threatened to take my business elseware as they had nothing in writing saying that I had any type of limit and they reconnected me.I have since slowed down quite alot as I have pretty much downloaded everything I am interested in.

[DasScoot]

Do they charge you extra for more usage? will they disconnect you for it?


If the answer is no, fk em.

[Jay]

who is your ISP

[brucelee21]

Well.....I download pretty much anything I can get my hands on. But I pretty much delete stuff to keep my 80gb hd in check....they said that I should go to their ummm....I don't know what its called but it keep track of how much you dl/ul.

[brucelee21]

oh yeah my ISP is SHAW cable....I think its the only cable internet providers in my area...OHHHH CAAANNNAAADDDAAA!!

[james_bond_rulez]

shaw sucks

switch to telus with no monitoring and no limits ;)

[RealitY]

Ask them what ur fkin limit si so that they cam STOP bithching, mine is 30GB dl and 7.5GB ul p/mo, and a 2GB daily dl max, they must state their terms somewhere those whiny fkin whores that they are...
:lol: :lol:

[brucelee21]

i've condsidered switching over to dsl, but isn't dsl slower than cable?

[nanotek]

Originally posted by brucelee21@2 December 2003 - 11:13
i've condsidered switching over to dsl, but isn't dsl slower than cable?
might be but u always have the same speed all the time :)

[Sparkle1984]

Originally posted by brucelee21@1 December 2003 - 23:18
My ISP called me the other day concerning my high-speed internet. I spoke to a rep and she said that my dl/ul were unusally high for a residential connection.
I just got high speed in Oct. so I was itchin for dowloadin....Oct- 22gb dl/ul(kazaa lite only)....Nov- 57gb dl/ul ( BT and kazaa lite). She said that if I was using any kind of filesharing program, that I should turn of the sharing...also saying that apprx 22gb was an okay amount per month, but it was still in the high dl's. I asked if this was common and she said no its rare....so with that being said what should I do???
Just tell her to mind her own business and most importantly keep sharing!! :lol:

[Switeck]

Lower your sharing speeds, ESPECIALLY on BitTorrent -- which will try to overload T-3 lines if given a chance!

Shadow's Experimental BitTorrent client allows you to use a default connection type, although you're limited to the default values under them.
I run with dial-up @ 5 KB/sec and 2 uploads, but usually speed it up to low-end broadband @10 KB/sec and ~4-6 uploads.

[bluedevil]

damn...glad my isp doesnt limit anything..as i usually hit 120 gig bandwidth a month :rolleyes:

[brucelee21]

HOw do I get dl speeds of 350-500 kbs w/ BT??? I usually keep my settings at the default cable/fast settings....Sometimes I get 250kbs near the end of a file, but usually it slows down to about 100-150kbs if i'm lucky ( depends what time it is).....I wanna get 500kbs and really piss em off...hopefully they won't disconnect me......I'll look forward to their next call.

[SchwinG]

I have shaw cable, go canada :D, and they have told me me to stop sharing, and I actually told them to fuck off, havnt had another phone call since

[james_bond_rulez]

Originally posted by SchwinG@5 December 2003 - 00:56
I have shaw cable, go canada :D, and they have told me me to stop sharing, and I actually told them to fuck off, havnt had another phone call since
you did? wow you got some nerve

not recommanded but oh well

just hope you dont wake up one morning and find urself disconnected :P

[internet.news]

Originally posted by brucelee21@2 December 2003 - 01:18
My ISP called me the other day concerning my high-speed internet. I spoke to a rep and she said that my dl/ul were unusally high for a residential connection.
I just got high speed in Oct. so I was itchin for dowloadin....Oct- 22gb dl/ul(kazaa lite only)....Nov- 57gb dl/ul ( BT and kazaa lite). She said that if I was using any kind of filesharing program, that I should turn of the sharing...also saying that apprx 22gb was an okay amount per month, but it was still in the high dl's. I asked if this was common and she said no its rare....so with that being said what should I do???
yeah, maybe you have max. you can d/l - if you want to be sure, just don't d/l more than these 22gb next time.

I don't think this was a warning. I do not think they can see you are using Kazaa.
They only see that ports are being used often, but that could mean also that you have a webserver on your pc :)