Posted by Ook on 01/17/07 00:32

Find another ISP. I would never tolerate my ISP doing that to me. I pay them
money for bandwidth, and I damn well expect to be able to use it. I'm with
CenturyTel, and they allow me to max out my bandwidth 24/7. To answer your
question, maybe their IT people know how to detect WinMX packets, but not
Limewire?

"Tom Crooze" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> I'm not expecting a solution , just opinions ?
> My ISP is using bandwidth shaping / packet sniffing ( whatever ) to block
> WinMX. I can search , queue etc but connections time out and eventually
> fail. There are RARE times, particularly late at night , when I can
> occasionally get a decent connection , but not often.
>
> Limewire Pro zips along at max speed, no trouble at all ( although I have
> Limewire and it doesn't seem to have the files I want )
>
> My questions is if my ISP is shaping etc , why would WinMX be hit and not
> Limewire ?
>
> Thanks
>

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