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   Message 54,634 of 55,960   
   hohum to Johann Beretta   
   Re: Router Discrimination   
   22 Jun 19 02:24:59   
   
   From: honum@outlook.com   
      
   Johann Beretta  wrote in   
   news:qehqrg$sos$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > On 6/20/19 10:05 PM, hohum wrote:   
   >> hohum  wrote in   
   >> news:XnsAA751A0B2D4A6notmeyoueqwe9sadfvc7@46.165.242.91:   
   >>   
   >>> How does an internet company slow one users data feed while letting   
   >>> another user on the same router account faster speeds? They have   
   >>> sophisticated methods of determining exact location of   
   >>> signal/antenna to do this, if I am not mistaken. These ISPs play   
   >>> with your connection   
   >>   
   >> I am on a wireless connection so anything is possible, but I have   
   >> seen them firewalling blocking my access to NNTP servers,where it is   
   >> obvious the data is being immediately blocked by firewall rule   
   >> somewhere. They frequently stall my connection right at the time a   
   >> critical data transfer is to be made or hijack my DNS lookups.  When   
   >> I change my MAC address I get the connection back. I have run   
   >> multiple AV scans both online and off using the top rated av scanners   
   >> and I find nothing, but it's possible I could be trojaned by corrupt   
   >> OS files. I have not had these problems with other ISPs, only Globe   
   >> Philippines. The router is very flaky and pings to public DNS servers   
   >> are up one minute and down the next.   
   >>   
   >> Would running a IDS program help trace the cause of these   
   >> interferences? Snort or other?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Is this internet you pay for? Or are you "borrowing" someone else's   
   > connection?   
   >   
   > Why would your ISP (assuming you are paying one) turn around and fuck   
   > with the connection they are selling you? To what end?   
      
   I pay for it, it's my landlords connection and she knows it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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