superdog
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Re: Can anyone still use eMule with Keyon wireles
said by Aym  :I started to have some problems with eMule a few weeks ago, I thought it's just eMule's problem, but now after reading this post on the eMule official forum, I think Keyon is blocking eMule's traffic. They probably are, as 95% of Emules traffic is illegal file trading and copyright infringements. It has nothing to do with blocking "power users", but everything to do with lawsuits and the RIAA. While I have no stand on what is "right or wrong" as far as the moral standpoint is concerned, I do understand why a lot of providers are blocking these ports and services, as we simply can NOT afford to defend our subscribers if we are served with papers. While this is unfortunate, it is reality.:)
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Aym
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| To LV man: Ok, thanks for the heads up, looks like I need to go back to Cox. Good thing my contract is up. But man, I wasted $200 for the installation. Looks like unless eMule adapt a system similar to BT where the data are harder to block, it's a goner. 
To superdog1: to my knowledge, no ISP has been sued in by the RIAA in the P2P file sharing cases. I think this has to do with limiting bandwidth cost more than anything. |
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superdog
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| said by Aym :To superdog1: to my knowledge, no ISP has been sued in by the RIAA in the P2P file sharing cases. I think this has to do with limiting bandwidth cost more than anything. I will agree with You that part of it is the bandwidth it eats up. While no ISP's have been sued Yet, There have been rumblings that we could be sued for not blocking traffic we know to be illegal in nature. Who knows WHAT the RIAA will do next?.
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Aym
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Las Vegas, NV | Hopefully the other 2 ISP in my area won't start doing that. |
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John Galt
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| said by Aym :Hopefully the other 2 ISP in my area won't start doing that. P2P will always be blocked, or, at the very least, severely throttled.
The problem is that applications like that take as much bandwidth as they can get. That kills the system for all the other users.
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Aym
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Las Vegas, NV | Well, I found a way to get around it for now. So I'll keep using Keyon for a while.  It's true that P2P will always be blocked, but newer P2P technology will always overcome it. |
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John Galt
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| said by Aym :Well, I found a way to get around it for now. So I'll keep using Keyon for a while. It's true that P2P will always be blocked, but newer P2P technology will always overcome it. Legal issues aside...the main issue with P2P is that it hogs bandwidth. This is a problem for the WISP.
The newer technologies are very much more capable than simple "port blockers". These technologies are adaptive...and change as they need to to control the traffic.
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superdog
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said by Aym :Well, I found a way to get around it for now. So I'll keep using Keyon for a while. It's true that P2P will always be blocked, but newer P2P technology will always overcome it. I do understand why You wany to use PtP and I have no problem with that. You are the one that is responsible for the content that is being shared. If You are doing something illegal?, I guess You can go to confession on Sunday and clear Your conscience?:D . The battle with ISP's(Not just WISP's) and end users over PtP applications will never end. Port blockers are worthless these days, as some of the adaptive PtP applications will just move over to port 80, and then stuff really goes crazy. That doesn't happen on our network, as we use packet technology that "sees" (for lack of better terms) what type of data is using the network and it sees that the same IP's and ports are getting hit with the same data and strings. I am not our linux guru, I am just repeating what my Sys. Admin. has told me?. I guess we will see what happens in the long run?
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