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Old April 10th, 2006
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omg im having the same problems, I live in the Bronx and lately my limewire is just plain disconnected im sooo frustrated so now whats the point of buying an ipod??
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There's other places to get music...
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hey guys,

I am in Brookyln as well and i am on a mac. I am unable to connect to limewire and a mac p2p ,aquisition...wtf? its def NOt because i have ool voice because it worked after i got it. This just happened to me about 2 weeks ago. i just checked with my freind and he cant connect either. anyone else on a mac?
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Originally Posted by hughes
Grandpa,

I read through the previous posts, and judging from everyone's complaints it seems as though Optimum recently began using a program that detacts p2p programs and cuts the bandwidth of those users so they can free up bandwidth to sell more subscriptions.
http://www.sandvine.com/products/p2p_element.asp
http://www.ipp2p.org/docu_en.html

OOL's user agreement states that it "reserves the right to protect the integrity of its network and resources" by port blocking and putting limits on bandwidth. However, there is nothing indicating the integrity of their network has recently been compromised by a shortage of bandwidth. If that was true, at the very least they wouldn't lie to their customers when they call tech help to complain, they'd simply say they were working on the problem. It seems as though they are deliberately blocking p2p programs for the sole purpose of selling additional subscriptions. The problem is proving it.

Other posters have mentioned a previous lawsuit about an ISP out west that was taking similar action. I did a quick search and couldn't find much. I'll try to look into that further and see what the outcome was.

In the meantime, here's a suggestion to get Limewire up & running! I came accross a program that will assign you a new IP address not owned by your ISP. If it works, your ISP will no longer be able to determine that you are using a P2P network and will not be able to block or throttle your usage.

http://www.secureix.com/index.shtml

If anyone tries it, let me know if it works!
dude...this tottally worked. im connected now. I'll keep monitoring it and let you guys know if it fails. but right now i'm good. on both p2p's aquisition(mac) and limewire

thanks!
frroK
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im on a mac.....as far as the port forwrading and other stuff people used to fix it.....it never worked for me. tried everything, funny thing is my friend in long island who has the same 50% upgrade from optimum connects fine. no firewall and runs perfect..dunno why
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Can someone who has be able to get the secureix vpn connection to work for them pleasse list the steup options. I have tried to connect but cannot get it to work. Does it also have to be configured by your firewall? thanks..
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OMG IT ACTUALLY WORKED!! I tried EVERY other suggestion on the forums but this is the only one that worked. For shady i did not have to change anything with my firewall to work. I couldnt connect at first but that was because i copied the pw wrong, duno what your doing wrong sorry
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Ok I am kinda confused..because the directions say: Select "Do not dial the initial connection" lol I cannot find that..through the whole installation?? any1 help me plz???!!! ty
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oh...nvm I dont need any help w/e
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Can anybody describe the whole process in detail for the average OOL user to understand please! Please describe what they need to do (the dummies instructions to doing this) in detail so it's obvious to everyone who uses OOL. Step by step instructions would be very constructive for everyone. This might also be applicable elsewhere.
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