Rogers and IP addresses

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 11:03:47AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> Rogers mail server won't let customers use "Vanity Domains" as they
> call non-rogers domains.  This means that I cannot use it.
> 
> My main grievance with Rogers is that they "traffic shape" stuff that
> they have no business doing.  They sold me "Extreme" service claiming
> great speeds and yet when I wish to get Linux .iso files via torrent,
> the download speed is slower than with my crippled ADSL connection.
> (My ADSL connection is quite slow because I'm too far from the Bell
> Central Office.)  HTTP is quite fast but I like to use bit torrent so
> that I'm providing a service rather than just consuming a service.
> 
> The internet is a "world of ends" as the famous essay put it.  Rogers
> wants to force us to be second class -- consumers, not citizens of the
> internet.

Torrents seem to work at OK speeds if your client runs in full
encryption mode, which most clients seem to support now (bittornado,
ktorrent, azerus(sp?  I don't do java stuff.)

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