It doesn't make sense to simply disallow it - offer a bandwidth plan that makes you both happy. If you can't resolve it then he has another ISP. Let them deal with the problem.
If he pays for 1 meg and does it all the time we both know that's the kind of customer that kills your profit and therefor your business. You and I are WISPs to make money and serve the area - this can't be done when someone is paying 25/mo and ruining it for everyone. On 2/13/10, Jeromie Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > I block anything MT says is a torrent. Life is much better. Mostly, it > is the people who can not figure out how to make it work who have no > understanding of what it does to networks, thus breaking things more > often. The others, get the game, that if it becomes something that I > notice then they will find them selves with 5mbit http, and 64kbit > every thing else for a few weeks. > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 8:07 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: >> I truly appreciate everyones feedback on this. Even though it is in >> our AUP & TOS, the customer is now admits using torrents and plans to >> continue doing so. I want to be fair in all matters. Am I being over >> zealous on not allowing torrents? Who here allows or disallows them? >> -RickG >> >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Butch Evans <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 20:14 -0500, RickG wrote: >>>> Ya, I figured it wont catch them all. I'm just wondering about false >>>> positives. >>> >>> One reason MT is only "so-so" at catching P2P is that they are VERY >>> conservative in how they identify it. If they are marking it, then >>> there is a VERY high percentage probability that it really IS a torrent. >>> Now, whether it is a "legal" torrent or not is another question. >>> >>> -- >>> ******************************************************************** >>> * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* >>> * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * >>> * http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * >>> * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * >>> ******************************************************************** >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mikrotik mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>> >>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>> RouterOS >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mikrotik mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >> >> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >> RouterOS >> > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
