list of providers that block/don't block file sharing apps
 

providers blocking file sharing seems to turn into a problem.

could everybody please quickly post here what provider they use and whether file sharing applications like limewire are being allowed or not.

i am connected through charter communications (cable), and they allow file sharing

All ISP in Québec are okay (sympatico, globetrotter, vidéotron, cogeco....)

earthlink's good for me!

I use ftc-i.net They are a telephone cooperative in South Carolina

SBC YAHOO
 

SBC GLOBAL YAHOO works fine....I can share, but it seems insane to download anything..... ALWAYS awaiting sources

I think I am strugling with nuvox.net in SC

have you checked with them whether they allow file sharing programs and they told you the blocked them?

comcast (cable) works. Well for limewire purposes, comcast itself sucks but thats another story.

accesscomm.ca allows downloads, but currently they run CISCO NBAR software (free to ISP's using CISCO routers) that limits/interferes with uploads and running as an Ultrapeer on the usual gnutella ports, as well as Kazaa2 uploads. Most users wouldn't know they are limited. Accesscomm.ca is reviewing their use of NBAR.

sasktel.net (formerly sk.sympatico.ca) doesn't interfere with p2p traffic at present, have no plans to turn on the NBAR software or its equivalent (no guarantees for the future though), but upstream bandwidth for connections greater than 128kbits is very expensive.

Telus, in western Canada, is great.

They don't block anything, and they don't enforce any of their rules or anything either.

Knology (southern US) works. Using Limewire v3.4.5, running as UP. Mas w/OS 10.2.6. Mac G4, 933 MHz, 768MB RAM, cable modem. Already noticed 3 or 4 big bugs in new version of LW tho. Very annoying.

I'm having no problem with fuse.net and zoomtown.com DSL service by Cincinnati Bell. :D

light
 

SCC colorado works fine for me

long discussion of broad band capping on slashdot http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/1744232

comcast
 

i cant seem to get limewire to work with comcast, los angeles ca

I called AOL and they say that they do not block P2P sharing or the Gnutella network.

slyck.com has an interesting story regarding charter communications refusing to comply with RIAA subpoena to surrender customer information.

They claim they're the only cable provider that so far hasn't yielded to demands to reveal customer information.

http://slyck.com/news.php?story=257

Centurytel tells me they have NOT blocked file sharing although I can not connect to LW anymore...what's the deal????

Having problems at Sheridan College in Oakville, ON Canada. Not sure what provider (college?).

RCN in New England is cool (fast asynchronous cable modem service).

Also, if you get it as a package with phone service (much better than Verizon, if RCN is available in your area), RCN is a really great deal.

1 (800) RING RCN

(Obligatory disclaimer: I don't work for RCN, I'm just a happy customer, and a permanent EX-customer of scuzzbag operator Verizon.)

NTC Communications (http://www.ntc-com.com) has a 3mb bandwidth cap for p2p applications, not to mention the most instable network experience I have ever experienced. They just can't seem to defeat the plethora of viruses that have spread this year.

SBC works great in CA
 

SBC DSL in California works great, they don't care what you do with your bandwidth...

Jonathan

All major broadband in Ontario support P2P at this point (including (as in quebec) cogeco, symptico, and rogers cable).

Re: SBC YAHOO
 

Try to change your Limewire port. They can´t block all of your ports. ;)

Morgwen

For the UK, Demon is fine but freeserve blocks file sharing.:D

I've noticed Limewire not downloading since Christmas
 

I've never had problems with Limewire using ADSL Telus in Western Canada. Two weeks prior to Christmas, the program refuses to even start up. Dead in the water. I bought another version on Christmas eve thinking I needed to upgrade - same situation. I am feeling lost without sampling what music I may want to buy.

I have been able to download from limewire since Xmas. If anything it has got faster in the last week.:)

i use ntl thay are good and chhep uplodes/downlodes are all fine im in uk S wales eny one els know a good previder i can get?:D

I've used two ISPs with LimeWire:

Speakeasy DSL specifically states that they aren't blocking any ports, and specifically allows running servers and P2P applications. I was using SpeakEasy until the cable company came out with a better deal for landline phone than any phone company could come close to matching, so I had to drop to landline, which meant dropping DSL. Actually, cable is way faster than DSL around here (NY Metro).

Optimum Online (cable) prohibits running servers in their TOS/AUP, and they consider running a P2P client that shares files to be a server. If they notice that you're running a server (e.g., LimeWire), they don't do any port blocking but they have been known to impose a 150kbps (~15KB/sec) upstream cap on your data connection if they feel that you're abusing the network connection (mostly on the upstream side of things; they don't seem to notice as much if you're doing lots of downloading (it should be noted that the current cap for OptOnline users in the NY Metro Region is 10Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream). If you intend on sharing files, I'd suggest setting the max upstream rate within LimeWire to somewhere around 25kbps, and half that speed during business hours (e.g., 7am-9pm).

Cant get a connection.
 

Will Someone give me a list of modem providers that will let me connect. please? O yea i have no clue about computers. Exept that i can download things from the internet. So you might have to talk me through it.

the ethernet at my school is irritating. sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt

BT Broadband, NTL and BulldogDSL work fine

Anybody in the Great Lakes states know anything about whether or not Millenium Digital Cable blocks file sharing apps?

Telefonica in Spain don't appear to care what you do !
Completely 'open' and it has been for years...

tiscali works well in the uk every d/loading software i use has no problems:cool:

SW Florida Comcast
 

SW Florida Comcast says they do not block such applications...

Alltel
 

I've used Limewire for several years, and never had problems until we moved to Ohio. I have Alltel DSL and CANNOT run Limewire or ANY P2P programs. I am in the market for a non-blocking ISP in Northeast Ohio that will provide me with what I am paying for--connection.

ATT Worldnet. Worked the first time I used LW and then won't connect after that. When I try to connect I get "Your computer does not seem to have an active connection or you a behind a firewall...".

Obviously I have an active connection because I am making this post ;) and I don't have any firewall running.

Cheers

I'm with Earthlink in pennsylvania.

I can connect. It stays 'turbo charged' for the first 5 minutes, then I have problems staying connected the rest of the time. My downloads are so slow it's almost a waste of $18.88.

I get the same problems others have stated. I get messages that say I must not have an internet connection... while it's looking for sorces and downloading at a less than 1kb clip.

Someone mentioned changing ports for Limewire, but I'm not sure how to do that.

Sympatico (Canada) works fine, I have hi-speed and some of the d-loads are 15 seconds. It's not cheap tho...

If they do limit I don't notice it

Shaw Cable
 

Shaw Hi-Speed Cable (Canada) works great and they NEVER limit the speeds, it all just depends on network usage.

Personally, I ALWAYS have either Excellent or TurboCharged as my LimeWire Quality and I am not even a Pro user!

They are extremely inexpensive too!

Cox Cable .Net .COM
 

Have never been able to upload. Downloads and all other functions work very well. But others can not download from me.

I have a static ip on a commercial line from cox.net in oklahoma city. Changing ports, etc. doesn't do any good.

The only conclusion is that it is being blocked by my isp or the limewire software has some bad coding somewhere.

I noticed that people whose ip addresses are similar to mine can download from me, such as yyy.yyy.xxx.xxx where the y's are the same as mine.

The odd thing is that winmx works just fine.

Neither iinet or ihug block p2p.

On the other hand insight & cox are known to block or filter p2p! See hee: http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/56054 & also http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/insight & http://www.broadbandreports.com/foru...4576~mode=flat & http://www.broadbandreports.com/foru...2521~mode=flat & that's just the starting point! There's other articles involving both those companies if you wish to google for them. There may be some links for them on the forum. I know I read about Cox a month before I decided to comment about them. But I haven't been able to retrace the original article or 2 I read. Insight uses Sandvine! to filter & or block!

cobra
 

winMX works fine b/c its not ran off the same network as the other progs such as bearshare and limewire, winmx is on a crappier network which runs off a diff port. the isp's are only worried about blocking access to the major networks.

i use cox cable

All major ISPs (Wanadoo, Free, AOL, Tiscali, ...) for home users in France do not block P2P (legally they can't do it, because it would require inspecting private traffic).

This will not be the case for ISPs that offer Enterprise services that will include traffic shapers. But they don't do it without an explicit subscription agreement with the organization, and the organization MUST inform its employees that the Internet access is monitored (the same is true for surveillance cameras installed in work places or in shops, and even at home: the surveillance must be announced). Same thing for cameras in streets: they are illegal unless they have been publicly announced.

Same thing for automatic speed control on roads: they are announced, and their location is known and published (This restriction does not apply to speed controls operated by trusted agents of the national police and gendarmerie, but these controls must still be visible).

The rule is that if you don't know you are monitored, any monitoring becomes illegal, and its result is unusable face to a court, unless this control is done by trusted agents with judiciary injunctions (there are more freedom for anti-terrorist control, for national security, which may allow law enforcement agents to monitor P2P traffic, they can't do anything about private rights like copyrights and author rights, but they can act for tax-related crimes, like illegal sales and imports of tobacco and drugs on the Internet: the "douane" can monitor networks and colect proofs for such illegal sales and traffic).

Also child protection against sex abuses is severely controled and all French ISPs collaborate to finance a common non-profit monitoring service to fight against such abuses, collect proofs and initiate law actions. For this reason, P2P networks are monitored

ntl
 

ntl broaband in the uk rules.....only £17.99 per month for 1mb!! i have that and they dont block anything!

verizon
 

I have verizon dsl and I don't have any problems with uploads or downloads.

Shaw Cable in British Columbia allows LW. Even walked me through setting my firewall and security program to allow it.

ISP that don't block p2p programs
 

I personally use bellsouth fast access DSL and it's working fine. I have limewire on my moms cpu and she has comcast cable and it's working fine there also.