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Any serious file sharer in the UK wouldn't use BT if they could help it, they are known for appalling service, traffic shaping and bandwidth throttling. If you

by nemof 15y ago

Any serious file sharer in the UK wouldn't use BT if they could help it, they are known for appalling service, traffic shaping and bandwidth throttling. If you happen to be in UK, I'd recommend trying an ISP like bethere, there's no guarantee they cant be threatened with action, but they are definitely much more filesharer friendly, which is the way they've designed their service to be. In regards to newzbin2, it's worth noting it's a TOR website. Can this actually be blocked? Here's a non-onionised link: https://sc3njt2i2j4fvqa3.tor2web.org/ https://sc3njt2i2j4fvqa3.tor2web.org/ It's also worth noting that newsgroup filesharing, as backwards as the whole idea sounds, is in certain ways leaps and bounds better than bittorrent. I migrated from bittorrent, which I still occasionally use, to using a newsgroup provider called giganews. Yes it's a paid for service, but in this case the amount of value that you receive is huge. For anyone with a spare five minutes who's interested in newsgroups, I suggest you look at what you can do with sickbeard, couch potato and a good newsgroup provider.

corin_ 15y ago
No ISPs are going to be pro-illegal filesharing, including BeThere. They might roll over to pressure from media companies more or less easily, but not because they actively are in favour of illegal activities. BeThere are, however, a great ISP in terms of speed and latency, in my experience at least - so from that point of view, anyone who downloads a lot should definitely consider them (or one of a number of other good ISPs) over BT.
omh 15y ago
If you happen to be in UK, I'd recommend trying an ISP like bethere While Be are a much better ISP, they do implement the IWF watchlist and so are technically capable of complying with a similar order, should one come along. If you really care about this then I'd recommend one of the smaller ISPs, such as AAISP, who have said that they don't (and won't!) do any filtering. Of course if everyone starts moving to ISPs like that then it's likely that the government will try to force the issue.
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tobylane 15y ago
BT and Talktalk both have publically supported the users' rights to torrent (as it isn't really outlawed yet, this will change instantly when torrents are banned). The shaping isn't bad, other than not torrenting in the evening I can't notice it.

by nemof 15y ago

corin_ 15y ago

No ISPs are going to be pro-illegal filesharing, including BeThere. They might roll over to pressure from media companies more or less easily, but not because they actively are in favour of illegal activities. BeThere are, however, a great ISP in terms of speed and latency, in my experience at least - so from that point of view, anyone who downloads a lot should definitely consider them (or one of a number of other good ISPs) over BT.

omh 15y ago

If you happen to be in UK, I'd recommend trying an ISP like bethere While Be are a much better ISP, they do implement the IWF watchlist and so are technically capable of complying with a similar order, should one come along. If you really care about this then I'd recommend one of the smaller ISPs, such as AAISP, who have said that they don't (and won't!) do any filtering. Of course if everyone starts moving to ISPs like that then it's likely that the government will try to force the issue.

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tobylane 15y ago

BT and Talktalk both have publically supported the users' rights to torrent (as it isn't really outlawed yet, this will change instantly when torrents are banned). The shaping isn't bad, other than not torrenting in the evening I can't notice it.