Josh, I'm usually the advocate for what you said below. But, if I understand correctly, the bandwidth doesnt matter, its the packets. APs only have so much resources for high packets and it affects other subscribers. What do I tell them? That I'm allowing torrenrts and thats why your connetion is so slow?
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
