100M : The Pirate Bay is blocked

[Sherlock Holmes]

Originally Posted by martyh

I don't agree with any censorship of the Internet at all including forcing TPB to shut up shop

Agree,

....and to celebrate the start of the downward spiral into internet censorship, Ive just set up a VPN to try out.

seems I can get a better upload speed than my VM connection

[smallclone]

Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes

Agree,

....and to celebrate the start of the downward spiral into internet censorship, Ive just set up a VPN to try out.

seems I can get a better upload speed than my VM connection

Which VPN ?

[Sherlock Holmes]

Originally Posted by smallclone

Which VPN ?

CyberGhost VPN

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Sherlock Holmes

CyberGhost VPN

Your upload wont be over 8mbit like in your speedtest result it is impossible as it is still limited by your VM account.

[Sherlock Holmes]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Your upload wont be over 8mbit like in your speedtest result it is impossible as it is still limited by your VM account.

Thats what I was thinking. It should max out my bandwidth at least going by that result

[jagsman]

Sorry, the web page you have requested is not available through Virgin Media.

Virgin Media has received an order from the Courts requiring us to prevent access to this site in order to help protect against copyright infringement, because the Music, Film and TV industries still think we are in the 1970's, which is why they are not bothering their arses to move into the 21st century like the rest of us.

ps.. Welcome to China

That is what the statement on the blocked page should say. This is not Virgins fault, they have to comply with the law.

The best way around the block is to [Mod edit: Do not post links in breach of our terms of use to sites which allow the block to be circumvented]

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[/COLOR]Now the Govt wants us all to have to ask for porn on the internet. Before long, if you want internet, you are going to have to fill out a questionnaire asking you what type of content you would be looking for, so the ISP can tailor your access to suit.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...rnet-porn.html

ps... its getting more like China by the hour..

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Interesting. Smacks of transparent proxy, which is going to slow everyone and everything down.

most likely its done like the IWF is managed.

the tbp ip entered into routing table to route to proxy server which then serves the page.

meaning not everything is proxied only whats routed to it.

[jagsman]

Originally Posted by jagsman

Sorry, the web page you have requested is not available through Virgin Media.

Virgin Media has received an order from the Courts requiring us to prevent access to this site in order to help protect against copyright infringement, because the Music, Film and TV industries still think we are in the 1970's, which is why they are not bothering their arses to move into the 21st century like the rest of us.

ps.. Welcome to China

That is what the statement on the blocked page should say. This is not Virgins fault, they have to comply with the law.

The best way around the block is to [Mod edit: Do not post links in breach of our terms of use to sites which allow the block to be circumvented]

---------- Post added at 12:25 ---------- Previous post was at 12:15 ----------

[/COLOR]Now the Govt wants us all to have to ask for porn on the internet. Before long, if you want internet, you are going to have to fill out a questionnaire asking you what type of content you would be looking for, so the ISP can tailor your access to suit.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/new...rnet-porn.html

ps... its getting more like China by the hour..

Apologies for breaking the rules guys.
Read this thread from DS forumshttp://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1657967 to help you find ideas from other people on how to get onto the site. The guy on post 19 has some good ideas.

mods.. hope thats ok

[roger skillin]

No need for a VPN, only the web address has been blocked by the court order.

Just search for 'uk pirate party' in a popular search engine and you'll soon discover the mirror address which isn't blocked

[Chrysalis]

a VPN is defenitly overkill, to set one up is significantly more complex than setting up a basic socks proxy which achieves the same thing. Also socks can be used more flexibly on/off for certian things rather than just rerouting everything through a VPN.

Why is anyone even bothering.? We all know now how to get around the block. The real question is why you'd want to go there

[Sherlock Holmes]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

a VPN is defenitly overkill, to set one up is significantly more complex than setting up a basic socks proxy which achieves the same thing. Also socks can be used more flexibly on/off for certian things rather than just rerouting everything through a VPN.

While I'm not disagreeing with that, I will add that I found the VPN extremely quick and easy to set up. It can also be turned on/off with a simple connect/disconnect button.

Cheers

[GavChap]

Originally Posted by jempalmer

Why is anyone even bothering.? We all know now how to get around the block. The real question is why you'd want to go there

Some artists are actually distributing their music free via TPB

[qasdfdsaq]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Your upload wont be over 8mbit like in your speedtest result it is impossible as it is still limited by your VM account.

Many VPNs use compression.

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

a VPN is defenitly overkill, to set one up is significantly more complex than setting up a basic socks proxy which achieves the same thing. Also socks can be used more flexibly on/off for certian things rather than just rerouting everything through a VPN.

Or just an ordinary HTTP proxy.

(Wonder if it works through VM's own web proxy? That would be ironic :P)

No doubt that will be something you investigate qas?