Ya, I hear that all the time but guess what I find them downloading? Pirated software, music, and movies. LOL, many will admit it!
The real issue is this: You get a phone call from several other customers on the same AP saying "why is it so slow?" - "I want what I pay for". What do you tell them? On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 1:35 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > There are a lot of legal use of torrents. Many games use it for updates (WoW > especially comes to mind), many Linux software solutions as well (MikroTik > use it, Fedora use it and most other distros can be gotten by Torrent > provided by distro owners). This is not the only fileshare app that is used > for legal distributions. Napster is another protocol after all Napster gone > legal and people are using it to download songs and videos they paid for. > Blocking fileshare apps these days can't really "legally" be blocked > anylonger. Throttle them sure but to a reasonable level, people downloading > to much a good AUP should handle if they download 24/7 and use a large amount > of bandwidth. > > /Eje > ------Original Message------ > From: Josh Luthman > Sender: [email protected] > To: WISPA General List > ReplyTo: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Mikrotik] bittorrents > Sent: Feb 14, 2010 00:02 > > Can you put up another link for him specifically? Charge him a large > install fee to drop the pps on your AP and a bit more monthly for the > bandwidth. Ubnt NS5M come to mind. > > On 2/14/10, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: >> Even though our AUP & TOS does not allow it, I have a customer >> demanding to run bit torrents. I want to be fair in all matters. Am I >> being over >> zealous on not allowing torrents? Who here allows or disallows them? >> -RickG >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -- > 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 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
