Eircom To Block Users From Connecting To The Pirate Bay

vibe666 · 07-09-2009 10:45pm

z0oT wrote: »

I'm on their 7mb in Limerick and it's fine tonight.

Well I'll be with them for one more week, no capitalist corporation hellbent on screwing people for profit at any cost will dictate how I use an essential service.

that's the spirit, down with that sort of thing!

mattman · 07-09-2009 11:00pm

after about 5 mins online...

i found a way to unblock ANYsite..as u should to.

Like i said , its not the sites they are blocking, its the point. Like many others i did not know what pirate bay was until it was in the papers!

Anyway. I dont use that site. But if u "did" want to, its so easy. I dont condone downloading music or whatever. Im more into online radio, which is great! no ads!

But my point is..try search google for some nasty stuff and my GOD you get some serious stuff.

But thats our choice as a individuals.

Eircom should not block anything.

Free country.

m.

RGDATA! · 08-09-2009 3:39pm

jor el wrote: »

However, IRMA are monitoring illegal Internet downloads, and they will forward details of copyright infringers to eircom, and eircom will then warn those users.

how do IRMA monitor this stuff as a matter of interest?

Orion · 08-09-2009 6:22pm

RGDATA! wrote: »

how do IRMA monitor this stuff as a matter of interest?

When you download torrents every peer you're connected to can see your IP address and you can see all of theirs. IRMA/Sony/etc connect to the torrents themselves and record all IPs that they download from (downloading isn't illegal per se - uploading is). From your public IP address they can find out your ISP. They then mail your ISP with the IP details, the file details and the exact date and time. They don't know who you are - all they have is the IP that you were using at that particular time. Your ISP can then match that up to your account and send you a warning.

Cork24 · 08-09-2009 7:21pm

Well Im with Smart and Still going, If they move to the Ban as well i will be moving to UPC and if they move to the Ban then I'm totally F....

I check my Dads PC as he using Smart if you use https://vtunnel.com you can get into the TPB but peer downing i dont know if they can block that as your P2P with some other person in the World and downloading off him.

Man Why cant we be like Russia or China, They dont give 2 F...s about Sony/BMI or anyone like this and sure hackers Freedom over their.

Tea_Bag · 08-09-2009 7:30pm

Cork24 wrote: »

Man Why cant we be like China.

:eek::eek::eek:

are you serious? ever heard of The Great Firewall of China?

Prisoner6409 · 08-09-2009 8:34pm

PplAreStrange wrote: »

Yes, indeed they have blocked TPB but it is a pointless move since any webproxy will bypass it...

so all you gotta do is type 'webproxies' into google and the enter the TPB web address thepiratebay.org

Cork24 · 08-09-2009 11:03pm

Well thats mainly for Tibet and Free Tibet Groups they block them in China but China see nothing Wrong with Copy Right Thief thats why when that New Virus came out last Christmas "Cant think of its Name" Most of the worst off people were from China As they all have Copy Win Xp so they couldnt Update their PCs.

I think Eircom are breaking the Law with this one. look at all the Kiddie Porn out their sure why dont they block them or evening Block frecking Youtube sure thats Copy Right Thief next they be telling us the Justin TV would be next on their list Well if i had Eircom as my ISP ill move and that would show them not to Mess with the P2P network Groups.... Sure if Smart and the rest of the ISP move to the ban, Ill just go back to the good old days of downing loading...

I.E. Download Demo off the Site and Search the Whole Web for a Crack App. After 24 different Apps once shell finally Work and Their you have it your free Photoshop or Nortons...

You can never beat the crackers.....

z0oT · 09-09-2009 10:46am

Well I just cancelled my service with Eircom entirely and got the line disconnected, told them I fundamentally disagree with censorship and that I won't stand for it, and that I'd switch to another provider.

To be fair the guy that I talked to on the phone was actually quite nice and totally agreed with me, even as good as told me to use another site to find torrents from. It was quite obvious that I was one of many cancelling for the same reason.

vibe666 · 09-09-2009 12:14pm

it would be interesting to see a chart of their customer base over the last few months.

i'm guessing someone will be on their hands and knees by now drawing the line down that low.

Cork24 · 09-09-2009 1:11pm

Well what ever happens it will be their own problem for allowing this to happen now why should some one stay with eircom and only to have to go to site to bypass the block

vmd1916 · 09-09-2009 8:49pm

i just left ice bb ,went with eircom contract unaware they were censoring pirate bay ,got broadband up and running same evening click on one of my favorite sites,big notice pops up i am fuming ,cant believe this ,there are sick f**ks with eircom downloading kiddie stuff ,why dont they block all those sites and do some good ,when my contract is up ,i am moving to another provider ....not ice bb:mad:

ossi · 10-09-2009 4:34am

ok think of it this way artists llike elbow are struggling for ages cause of likes of torrent sites also some torrent can be hidden with viruses so if ur machine is attacked with a virus u have no complaints

Cabaal · 10-09-2009 9:53am

vibe666 wrote: »

it would be interesting to see a chart of their customer base over the last few months.

i'm guessing someone will be on their hands and knees by now drawing the line down that low.

Given the vast majority of eircoms user base don't give a monkeys about this I very much doubt it

A small percentage of users is all thats leaving and when I say small I mean small in the scale of eircoms user base.

You have to remember as well that even if you do leave you don't affect eircoms bottom line as long as you move to another ADSL provider like BT, Perlico, UTV etc

ossi wrote: »

ok think of it this way artists llike elbow are struggling for ages cause of likes of torrent sites also some torrent can be hidden with viruses so if ur machine is attacked with a virus u have no complaints

Pure myth that torrents contain spyware, malware or virus's,
If your downloading ANYTHING from an untrusted source it can contain such things that includes the likes of usenet, rapidshare etc

KAGY · 10-09-2009 4:41pm

vmd1916 wrote: »

.... cant believe this ,there are sick f**ks with eircom downloading kiddie stuff ,why dont they block all those sites and do some good ...

Sooo, you are saying that you support Eircom's censorship of the net, as long as it's not for the illegal stuff you do

projectmayhem · 10-09-2009 4:48pm

ossi wrote: »

ok think of it this way artists llike elbow are struggling for ages cause of likes of torrent sites also some torrent can be hidden with viruses so if ur machine is attacked with a virus u have no complaints

Elbow, or any band akin to it, are struggling because they are NOT A BIG BAND. End of. Nothing new happening here, folks. Big bands don't make millions. If they embrace technology, people can download their stuff (legally or otherwise) and then go to their live events... thus Elbow can make some cash.

Music has never been a big winner for most musicians. Never. People traded casettes or CD's before the internet came along. There is nothing new happening here. The only difference is some stupid American unions got involved.

jor el · 10-09-2009 5:11pm

projectmayhem wrote: »

The only difference is some stupid American unions got involved.

Also, now they can put numbers on it. Previously, no one knew how many tape-to-tape copies were being made, not accurately anyway. With spies on the trackers, they can see how many copies of music are being shared, and get a better idea of the true numbers. Of course they still warp the statistics, by claiming that every single illegal download is a loss in revenue, when in fact a great number of people simply wouldn't buy if it wasn't available for free.

It's also possible to pin-point individuals now, where as tape-to-tape copiers could never be identified. The technology has made it simpler for the copiers, as well as the enforcers.

10-09-2009 10:28pm

Can I ask something? I can get through to tpb using a proxy but the downloads either don't start or are extremely slow. Why is this?

Somebody mentioned something about trackers and to use Openbit ones in a previous post. Could this be the problem? Could someone explain it to me please? Thanks

none · 11-09-2009 8:57pm

Anyone used letitbit.net? Before September I had 100kb/s now it's maximum 20kb/s. Is it also affected by eircom blockage/censorship rules?

stanko · 12-09-2009 12:24pm

If I buy a knife and hurt someone... is the knife seller guilty in any way?

It's all about the system...

Just thoughts...

jelomulawin · 13-09-2009 12:02am

none wrote: »

Anyone used letitbit.net? Before September I had 100kb/s now it's maximum 20kb/s. Is it also affected by eircom blockage/censorship rules?

i don't think so...pwolly it was just slow...I've been dl'ing off wapidshawe, wegauffload, 4shawed or mediafiwe since they(cowpowate iweland) took off piwatebouy from the peopoy
ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

maybe it's just the same with depositfiles or sendspace, too slow and sucks!

Gardublin · 14-09-2009 5:04pm

yeh this is soo easy to bypass with a proxy anyways public torrent sites suck torrent leech ftw

Gardublin · 14-09-2009 5:06pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Can I ask something? I can get through to tpb using a proxy but the downloads either don't start or are extremely slow. Why is this?

Somebody mentioned something about trackers and to use Openbit ones in a previous post. Could this be the problem? Could someone explain it to me please? Thanks

you may need to forward your ports in your router or maybe there just bad torrents make sure there a seeders

Gardublin · 14-09-2009 5:13pm

KAGY wrote: »

Sooo, you are saying that you support Eircom's censorship of the net, as long as it's not for the illegal stuff you do

lol its helping him kick the habit

nevaeh-2die-4 · 16-09-2009 10:44pm

im still downloading from pirate bay and im with eircom.
its not that i need to go to pirate bay , i can find the torrents i want from other sites, im just doing it out of spite, im downloading a 12gb file at the moment .

Rockin · 18-09-2009 5:27pm

TPB trackers being blocked on Vodafone Broadband,
The site is accesible though and all other trackers are stable and running.

none · 20-09-2009 8:55pm

Actually, before I posted that I tried the same file several times different days and the speed was rubbish so I never managed to complete it. But when I tried it again this weekend it worked fast as usual

Don't know any other file sharing site which would give stable 100kbs but I'm not really into it...

calmoo · 20-09-2009 11:34pm

A friend of mine who's on eircom told me that using OpenDNS fixes this, can anyone confirm this?

_Whimsical_ · 21-09-2009 4:23pm

calmoo wrote: »

A friend of mine who's on eircom told me that using OpenDNS fixes this, can anyone confirm this?

Using OpenDNS does not give eircom customers access to TPB website if that's what you are asking.

ElJental · 21-09-2009 4:51pm

No but megaproxy will no problem

Boo8w · 22-09-2009 9:14pm

chilly wrote: »

Using OpenDNS does not give eircom customers access to TPB website if that's what you are asking.

With Opendns is it not the case thet it only converts the ip from a number to a name for example 208.67.220.220 to the name opendns.com and also opendns filters the traffic out a lot of the bad phishing and spware sites; your not going to be invisible from your isp, they still will see the size of the so called packets downloaded etc & probably some other information.
Also with a proxy server how do you know the company you are goin through wont sell your details and what you have been upto to RIAA.
I heard TOR is safe though as all the details will be encrypted as they go through each router

jor el · 30-09-2009 2:43pm

If you're using a proxy, never enter sensitive information, passwords, usernames, real names, etc. Using one to download any particular torrent file should be fine.

FearDark · 21-10-2009 7:23pm

Im with Eircom, when TPB was banned with eircom a while back I couldnt get on it, just checked there and I can get on it no problem now, have eircom done a U-turn on this?

manutd · 21-10-2009 7:34pm

No it's blocked on eircom, are you using a proxy to go around this.

21-10-2009 7:41pm

FearDark wrote: »

Im with Eircom, when TPB was banned with eircom a while back I couldnt get on it, just checked there and I can get on it no problem now, have eircom done a U-turn on this?

Still blocked for me

hello932 · 21-10-2009 8:56pm

Given that most people who have eircom broadband probably download torrents why have eircom blocked access to tpb? If i was with eircom i would so move to another ISP.

Marlow · 21-10-2009 9:16pm

hello932 wrote: »

Given that most people who have eircom broadband probably download torrents why have eircom blocked access to tpb? If i was with eircom i would so move to another ISP.

Yeah, but that is because you seem to have a clue. There's plenty of people that don't seem to see, that there are other options or have the lack of clue

Like, there is no life after eircom

.. Sorry, had to air that one.

/M

21-10-2009 9:53pm

Marlow wrote: »

Yeah, but that is because you seem to have a clue. There's plenty of people that don't seem to see, that there are other options or have the lack of clue

Like, there is no life after eircom .. Sorry, had to air that one.

/M

Eircom don't throttle torrents like some others e.g UPC. So what if they block access to a site that will soon be legit using a method that can easily be got round?

FloatingVoter · 21-10-2009 10:14pm

...there is also more than TPB online. It is only one public tracker. There are many others just as good and a google search away.

FearDark · 25-10-2009 4:46am

manutd wrote: »

No it's blocked on eircom, are you using a proxy to go around this.

Nope, no proxys, nothing specail at all, just typed in piratebay.org and its there, can download no probs...

I mean it was never really an issue as there are 100's of torrent providers out there and the pirate bay being temporarily blocked on Eircom didnt affect me one bit.

It was unavailable to me for about 3 weeks and then it just came back, I dont always use it as a google search does everything I need, for eg if im looking for Rammstiens new album i just google "rammstien torrent" and from the list I pick the one with the most seeds, doesnt matter what torrenty site whatsoever, its the job.

Johnboy1951 · 25-10-2009 10:16am

FearDark wrote: »

Nope, no proxys, nothing specail at all, just typed in piratebay.org and its there, can download no probs...

I just do not understand that ....... the site is blocked for everyone else apparently

Varik · 26-10-2009 12:39am

I haven't gotten on the site but the trackers work yesterday for me but not now was just looking and saw it working.

sold · 19-12-2009 4:47pm

http://www.the-cloak.com/Cloaked/+cfg=32/http%3A//thepiratebay.org/

DannyD · 03-04-2010 12:46pm

Are Eircom blocking newzbin.com ? Perhaps it's just a dns issue.

DeepBlue · 03-04-2010 1:10pm

DannyD wrote: »

Are Eircom blocking newzbin.com ? Perhaps it's just a dns issue.

Connects fine here i.e. I get a login page.
Clear cache maybe?

PogMoThoin · 03-04-2010 1:42pm

DannyD wrote: »

Are Eircom blocking newzbin.com ? Perhaps it's just a dns issue.

No problems here either

Eircom To Block Users From Connecting To The Pirate Bay

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