Do ISP's snitch?

Bagel Fuzzynuts

Bagel Fuzzynuts

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I've heard that certain ISP's have started to drop off bandwidth to persons they suspect are downloading large amounts of illegal content. I can't find the original page I saw on Wikipedia, but I know I saw a list of ISP's and mine was one of them. Does anyone know if they report the people they limit bandwidth of? I ask because a friend of mine...
 
[quote name='Bagel Fuzzynuts']Damn!

(Do they still have flights to Mexico at this time of the night?)[/quote]

Nope, those flights are coming IN FROM Mexico, loaded with kilos of dirty, illegal narcotics and whatnot.

You have to get down to New Mexico and ride a pack mule/donkey if you want to go the other way. Just watch out for oncoming traffic because it's only one lane heading south, with 1,000,000 lanes heading north.
 
I used to work for an ISP known for bandwidth throttling of P2P and torrents, and while I can't comment regarding other companies' policies, we didn't disclose any information regarding specific traffic or activities unless presented with a court order.

There were cases where customers were downloading files from company servers/hosts (think movie studios) without realizing it and the studio sent us a letter to tell the customer to stop such activities, but those were cases of the customer essentially snitching themselves out by not being careful as opposed to the ISP doing anything.
 
my question is, how can an ISP stop you if you are say downloading a movie from Xbox live or something from Itunes. Anything HD will be atleast a gig.. Don't they have programs that watch for anything that big being downloaded over a given time?

I would like to download movies on xb live or Itunes but I don't want Verizon to bitch at me for doing this legally.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']my question is, how can an ISP stop you if you are say downloading a movie from Xbox live or something from Itunes. Anything HD will be atleast a gig.. Don't they have programs that watch for anything that big being downloaded over a given time?

I would like to download movies on xb live or Itunes but I don't want Verizon to bitch at me for doing this legally.[/QUOTE]

they wont. the isp doesnt care what you download only that some customers download hundreds of gigs each month. the isp will tell if someone say the MPAA has a subpoena for your information that they got by watching your ip address on bittorrent. you have nothing to worry about downloading from legitimate places.
 
The only time I've been made aware of a customer having his connection temporarily disabled was when he passed the 400GB mark in less than a month, and that's a ton of data. Even then, we didn't cancel the service, but our network management department had a few questions for him.
 
[quote name='Milkyman']they wont. the isp doesnt care what you download only that some customers download hundreds of gigs each month. the isp will tell if someone say the MPAA has a subpoena for your information that they got by watching your ip address on bittorrent. you have nothing to worry about downloading from legitimate places.[/quote]

Yea I don't torrent so it's not a big deal for me.

[quote name='captainfrizo']The only time I've been made aware of a customer having his connection temporarily disabled was when he passed the 400GB mark in less than a month, and that's a ton of data. Even then, we didn't cancel the service, but our network management department had a few questions for him.[/quote]


400 gigs!!:whee:

I wonder how much data gets transmitted on multiplayer games?
 
If your ISP is just limiting bandwidth, count yourself lucky. That's about them saving money, not ratting you out. You won't get in trouble unless your records are subpoenaed. Even if that happens, the average ISP will send you a "stop or you are fucked" e-mail to give you a chance while they stall until they have no choice but to give up your records. If that happens, somebody (RIAA, MPAA, Uncle Sam) is after you.
 
[quote name='crunchb3rry']If your ISP is just limiting bandwidth, count yourself lucky. That's about them saving money, not ratting you out. You won't get in trouble unless your records are subpoenaed. Even if that happens, the average ISP will send you a "stop or you are fucked" e-mail to give you a chance while they stall until they have no choice but to give up your records. If that happens, somebody (RIAA, MPAA, Uncle Sam) is after you.[/quote]

The RIAA you can fight as it well documented that they can't prove more than half of their claims. And usually a judge challenges them to prove it. If the Department of Homeland Security gets involved, your more than fucked.
 
I had my internet disabled because I was busted downloading Justice League for PSP (totally not worth it upon retrospect). I called them up and they said Sony told them to tell me to delete it or they would do something about it. I deleted it and they put me back online. They told me 3 strikes and I would be fucked. Funny thing was I was downloading again that very night.
 
I've received a letter for downloading before. The gist of what I got out of it was that the movie studio was monitoring torrents and picked up that I was "sending it out" p2p and informed my internet provider (Adelphia). I basically got a letter saying that the movie studios have a right to sue... 10 pages of just so you know kind of junk.

For what it's worth I have stopped downloading for the most part. I'm guilty of acquiring several programs when I formatted my secondary computer, and picking up a certain suite of software that would have cost me $75 to use for my six week college course. But from 2001-2006 every form of media was fair game for me :D
 
If the media association had it their way, the ISPs would have to completely police their networks. As it stands, they will cave in if some association gets a court order ordering them to turn over your information. The ISP itself usually only cares if you're using an extraordinary amount of bandwidth.
 
[quote name='ff7scloud']Just remember everyone. you can download as much as you want no matter what it is. As long as you don't upload.[/quote]:lol: Keep telling yourself that.
 
[quote name='ff7scloud']Just remember everyone. you can download as much as you want no matter what it is. As long as you don't upload.[/quote]


Darn, because I have a boat load of funny Naked Cats pics on my computer that I want to share. :rofl:
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']Darn, because I have a boat load of funny Naked Cats pics on my computer that I want to share. :rofl:[/QUOTE]
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[quote name='Malik112099']i had a friend with satellite internet (direct tv?) and once he hit 250MB they cut off his internet for a few minutes[/QUOTE]

My parents have that at their house- It cuts you off after 250MB for a whole day. For 24 hours after you go over the limit, you get 56k speeds. They do it because bandwidth on Sattelite costs a LOT more than on land lines.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']
I wonder how much data gets transmitted on multiplayer games?[/QUOTE]

I can tell you about how much data goes through my modem under a day of heavy use (at least for me).

I've got the modem running through a router, to which two desktops and a Xbox 360 connects via ethernet. I also have another desktop, laptop, Xbox 360, and PS3 connecting wirelessly to it as well (the router supports my entire family's internet access). In general there's usually at least one PC and one Xbox running at any given time. Every once in a while we have everything running at once.

The last time we had pretty much everything using the connection at once while I was downloading files from various servers/clients I broke the 15GB mark for one day according to the tool I used at work to check modem data activity. A good 10GB of that was from my downloading activities, leaving about 5GB to normal internet/gaming activities between three computers, a laptop, and two 360's. Again, the internet use that day was heavier than normal.

Generally the entire stream of data through my modem on a more normal day is around the 2GB mark, assuming what I saw at work is indeed accurate.
 
i was downloading a few "files" and noticed my internet signal dropped dramatically and i was having trouble "sealing the deals"

i called up comcast and the rep said that my line was red-lined.

tech came out. said someone was fooling w/the lines outside my apartment (probably dem mexicans who cut the yard!!!!)

.....or it could have been comcast doing the old fashion "i'm cutitng you off manually" routine!! like the mob....


the good thing about the story is i'm getting 12MB down now like I was suppose to....more pron "files"
 
[quote name='strongpimphand']
.....or it could have been comcast doing the old fashion "i'm cutitng you off manually" routine!! like the mob....
[/QUOTE]

Comcast handles their network traffic by delaying packets through torrents or other P2P methods. They don't outright kill your internet connection entirely when you use those methods of file distribution, they delay the data stream for torrent or common P2P traffic.
 
[quote name='captainfrizo']Comcast handles their network traffic by delaying packets through torrents or other P2P methods. They don't outright kill your internet connection entirely when you use those methods of file distribution, they delay the data stream for torrent or common P2P traffic.[/QUOTE]
come on man, you didn't see the humor in that line????
 
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