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broadband provider blocking access to programs

  • 05-10-2010 11:31am
    #1
    ohemgeez
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭


    I'm studying in ucc and my accomadation is victoria lodge. from what i know the accomadation gets its broadband from the college.

    i have discovered that the broadband is blocking me from going online with steam to play online games such as counterstrike and it is also blocking me from playing World of warcraft 0.o

    I'm going to ask them if they can stop blocking those programs from connecting to the internet but if they can't what can i do to get around it?

    its really annoying me! >;(


Comments

  • #2
    old_aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭old_aussie


    Move out and get your own BB


  • #3
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    ohemgeez wrote: »
    I'm going to ask them if they can stop blocking those programs from connecting to the internet but if they can't what can i do to get around it?

    Don't waste your time, they won't unblock these as they're blocked for a reason. You need to get your own broadband, and if that's not possible, you'll have to move.


  • #4
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Its the college connection so to be honest they can block what they want and rightly so, if your not happy with the policy you'll need to get your own connection from an actual ISP.


  • #5
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    There are paid VPN services (e.g. Black VPN) that would effectively move your Internet connection beyond the college network. People normally use these VPN services to access content that is restricted to certain countries (e.g. BBC iPlayer in the UK) but they should work for what you want as well.


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