Time for me to say goodbye to the Mule..

fierysky

I moved recently, and the place in which I'm now living comes with the internet -- meaning I don't get to pick my ISP. This new ISP throttles bandwidth and blocks all inbound connections that aren't http or https. I've tried without luck for a few days to connect to either a server or KAD without luck. I tried contacting tech support to ask about TCP ports, and they told me they can't help me. I can still use BT, but only with protocol encryption, and at speeds not above 60kb/s.

I'll still visit this board regularly, but chances are, I won't be using the Mule in the near future.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:09 pm **Post subject:**

Well, If Usenet is of interest, STR rips will be posted there from now on

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:20 pm **Post subject:**

you can't get DSL? Surely there's the option not to use that one that is provided and use the phone line?

I've been thinking of posting to newsgroups too, but i don't have the upload to do it really (256kb/s)... anyone want to do it for me? :wacky:

^Rogue^ · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:35 pm **Post subject:**

It's a damn shame.

Lux Delux · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:43 pm **Post subject:**

Sorry to hear that man

You sure you can't get another ISP? :cry:

fierysky · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:11 pm **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade wrote:

Well, If Usenet is of interest, STR rips will be posted there from now on

I've actually been thinking about that -- I was never able to figure the damn thing out and am too cheap to pay for good access, so maybe now is the time to get things straightened out in one or both of those departments. :lol:

I definitely cannot change my ISP, it's part of the building agreement. Thanks for condolences everybody, maybe I'll figure out Usenet so I can more easily participate here.

johnathome · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:17 pm **Post subject:**

Christ, thats a bummer :matrix:

killingjokezzz · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:53 pm **Post subject:**

Oh man I'm sorry you have to stop with ed2k. My old ISP throttled all p2p traffic too. I could just about scrape along at 20 KB/s dl on emule, but I stuck with it for a while. I used Bittorrent more though and came to like it. Have you tried the 3 emule mods that support encryption - probably not much use considering your new isp's implementation but worth a last shot - Neomule, Sion and one other whose name esacpes me now.

GrindCallus · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:42 pm **Post subject:**

Thats a bummer man! What kind of building agreement forces internet? Weird.

Hope you can get emule back someday soon.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:45 pm **Post subject:**

yeah its weird, but the apartment complex has probably got a sweet deal with a telecoms company. I take it you've got no choice over your telephone company either? Or is this an ethernet port? (if so, once again, why not dsl over the phone

)

Only sweet thing about apartment buildings is you might be able to find some unsecured wireless access points

vnorske · **Posted:** Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:56 pm **Post subject:**

Where do you live now? The Vatican? Even those priest download pornography from emule, naked kids and stuff like that! Yuck!

jazel · **Posted:** Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:36 am **Post subject:**

I was reading over in the utorrent forums today about this. And they had a few solutions to getting around your ISP throttling you.

"try to find out what ports your ISP uses for NetMeeting/VoIP/Xbox Live etc. then use them instead..."

They recommend 1720, 443, 80, 21, 110 and as a last resort, 25.

Don't know if this will help you but it is worth the try.

fierysky · **Posted:** Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:47 pm **Post subject:**

It turns out that ALL the ports are closed. I can still use BT at reduced speeds, but only with forced encryption, and can't get usually more than 2kb/s per person. The only way I get good speeds is if the torrent has 150+ connectable people.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:19 am **Post subject:**

latest emule official has encryption now btw

fierysky · **Posted:** Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:49 am **Post subject:**

I know, I tried using it with encryption. It wasn't able to connect on any server or KAD, the requets just timed out.

Time for me to say goodbye to the Mule..

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