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ISP stops Torrent DL??

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  • 22-05-2008 1:44pm
    #1
    La Madame
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭


    Hi I am just wondering if any of you had similar experience.
    I was using Client Azureus for some very rare BitTorrent dl.
    I had not used the program for a few months or so but when I reactivated it
    I could not connect to any peers, I have tried a few days changing Ports (Connection always times out) and tried other Clients - Transmission same, TomatoTorrent same. What I don't understand is how something that worked fine can suddenly stop? Has the ISP put a lid on? Any ideas?
    I am on wireless Broadbad in the SW.

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    christophicus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭christophicus


    Well the name of your ISP may help. If you had bothered to do a search you would have found multiple threads about ISP's blocking/throttleing Torrents. Infact there is a sticky at the top of the first page.


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    kaizersoze
    Registered Users Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    christophicus wrote:
    Well the name of your ISP may help. If you had bothered to do a search you would have found multiple threads about ISP's blocking/throttleing Torrents. Infact there is a sticky at the top of the first page.
    Easy tiger.:rolleyes:

    OP, have a read here and try the test.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055295975


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    La Madame
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭La Madame


    Car Racing Game? Is not for Mac? Is it.
    ISP = Digital Forge.

    Thank you.

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    spurious
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    If the stuff you are looking for is rare, can you be sure it is seeded and still active on the tracker?


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    La Madame
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭La Madame


    No I meant that I don't dl often.

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    kaizersoze
    Registered Users Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    La Madame wrote: »
    Car Racing Game? Is not for Mac? Is it.
    ISP = Digital Forge.

    Thank you.

    No. There's a link in the first post of the other thread. It takes you to a site where you can run a test on your internet connection and checks if the ISP is blocking ports used for torrents.


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    christophicus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭christophicus


    This is the link for the more conventional test.

    http://broadband.mpi-sws.mpg.de/transparency/bttest.php

    Scroll to the bottem and take the long test. Although I am not fully convinced that the test is really that usefull.


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