BlackNinja Wrote:I'm not worried.
My ISP, (Shaw.ca), is cool.
They tell "The Man" to shove it.
I got cut off once for too much traffic.
Wee had a good yak about file sharing, they only care about fair use of bandwidth for its customers. When the RIAA or any of those contact them they recite thier privacy policy, unlike Telus, (the other provider), who is in co-operation with law enforcement.
I was given a slap on the wrist and this link:
http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/CustomerCare/In...efault.htm

Either way, anything personal I do online is with my 'Nix box by slow but encrypted means.

If I'm really feeling paranoid I'll find an open Wifi router, brute force the admin login if I have to, set a massive WPA pass phrase or set of dynamic WEP keys, h4x the p14n37, reset the router, and leave. Pretty flawless unless you're being physically tracked.

Ummm...nevermind...*dissapears into shadow*

Shaw hasn't always been like that, before their internet became independent from @Home they were very much like Telus is now.  Right now they use traffic shaping on known Bittorrent traffic, and using settings to avoid that can cause even more slowdown depending on how the other clients are setup.  I've never had issues with using up more bandwidth than I am supposed to though.  My friends have even though I use more than them, so I guess the rest of my neighbourhood doesn't use that much.  Overall Shaw is getting better for the customer, but that is only because Rogers and eventually Bell will be trying to move into more of western Canada.

(This post was last modified: 14/05/2007 03:51 AM by Peacefully Disturbed.)