Higher speeds make you a priority in ISP watchlists?

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HURRIC4NE

HURRIC4NE

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i'm sure the title clarifies itself... but do you think that ISPs like Verizon or comcast try to spy on people with high internet speeds (like 50mpbs+) ?

i mean... one of the reasons people get faster internet connections is to be able to download stuff quicker... and that stuff could be also considered illegal in some cases, but in other cases it violates privacy... now i'm not sure if they really do that... but if i were an ISP...
 
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Blain

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They only care about how much bandwidth you're actually chewing up, not that you have the potential to do so.
Unless they're contacted by a third party, they care more about how much capacity you're using rather than the content of that usage.
 
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jolancer

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yeah what he said, its not the ISP its the 3rd party trying to protect there own clients, nothing to do with ur ISP.

And your right if you change ISP in your title to interested 3rd party for any reason.. but also factor in blains response... they can't tell the difference if your on Fiber or Dialup untill you start downloading from them and they monitor there own upload(or download visaversa)connections.

I have proof of this that seemed more then circomstantial after my Bandwidth changed... so to save yourself any trouble i think u can avoid it by, limiting your up/down speeds and just taking your sweet time on anything u know maybe more of a 'risky' DL

EDIT: jus so theres no confussion, i don't mean limit your speeds on everything you DL/UL just the one/s you know is 'risky'
 
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corkyg

corkyg

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Agree with Blain. What one downloads or uploads has no bearing on the ISPs bottom line - they cannot afford to dedicate any of their work force to do that. Sometimes I get the feeling that over concern with privacy reflects a possible guilty conscience. :)
 
HURRIC4NE

HURRIC4NE

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well how about those VPN services? are those any good enough to protect me if i'm doing some risky stuff?
 
TakeNoPrisoners

TakeNoPrisoners

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If the ISP even cares they send letters and they send like three before anything happens. Most of the time the newest torrents will be the most likely to trigger a letter from the ISP but this requires that somebody notices, and it isn't the ISP that does the snooping, third parties do this.

A VPN is a good idea if you start getting notices.
 
corkyg

corkyg

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If you are doing "risky stuff" it is not a good idea to advertise that to the world.
 
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Blain

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How would that classify as "risky stuff" to an ISP or any other official 3rd party?
 
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