Yes, you could do that. It wouldn't even have to be that extreme. Usually if you stop using the link for a full "clock" hour the FAP will go away. So you could probably do something like start the download at :05 after, stop it at :55 and resume it an hour later at :05. But I'm just guessing as I don't really know Hughes' FAP algorithm.
I wrote them some eloquent hatemail saying I thought it was the most customer-hostile policy I'd ever seen from an ISP. They haven't written back. On Wed, 29 May 2002 19:58:13 -0600 Andrew Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Hipp wrote: [snip] > > - Hughes has something called FAP. Fair Access Protocol. Except it > > should be called Punitive Punishment Protocol. What it does is > > throttle you if you use too much bandwidth in a given time. Like > > when doing a 650M download of an iso of the latest version of > > CalderaSuseTiva, I have to set GetRight to a "speed limit" of 10kB/s > > or Hughes will FAP me. And the link essentially dies when FAP kicks > > in. Even browsing stops working, for all intents. > > That's the part I'd have real difficulty with. Throttle the bandwidth > is one thing, to limit it to a 10k connection to download as ISO image > > without incurring the wrath of God is too much. Or are there other > ways that you know of such as scripting an ftp session to quit after > an hour, wait 4, go for another hour with regatta, and on and on? > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
