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cheat DSL?
- Thread starter Archy
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maybe a uncaper?
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DSL cant be uncapped.
PS, i dont know if this kind of question is permitted by forum rules...
PS, i dont know if this kind of question is permitted by forum rules...
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Uncapping isnt overclocking, its stealing bandwidth your not paying for...
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Most of the time, your DSL speeds are limited by the actual connection.. (CAT 1/CAT 2 analog, in most cases).. It's a point to point connection between you and their server, unlike Cable, which is like pouring water into a river flowing to their server.
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i pray that i never meet someone who cheats cable.. about 3 weeks after we had our cable (1.5 down, 512 up) it started going REALLY slow... kept it up for about a week, with uncountable calls to tech supp. turns out a guy in our neighborhood was "abusing" the service.. he no longer has any internet 
i didnt even know it was possible to get around the 1.5 cap on cable, i usually get around 1 or so... thats good enough
i didnt even know it was possible to get around the 1.5 cap on cable, i usually get around 1 or so... thats good enough
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Thieving bandwidth is wrong. Your cable company gives you 1.5 or whatever down for a reason: so everybody else can get online, too. You start syphoning bandwidth, you start taking it away from everybody on your branch. That's not right. I mean, you wouldn't break into their houses and steal their stereos would you?
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i totally agree, as you can see, i've dealt with it first hand! i was barely getting dial up speeds for the week he was uncapped.. it was ridiculous.. should be stricter penalties against this sort of thing, it is basically stealing if you think about it... cable is shared.. get over it, stop trying to uncap something that was capped for a reason.. if you need more than 1.5 down - you either need a life, or at least to pay more for more service.. get t3 or something i dont know.. my opinion on the subject
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Oni said:
My point exactly...
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it'd be nice if we got a break every once in a while from them... most cable companies are planning on raising their prices & setting up tiered service, or low bandwidth limitations for people who don't shell out an extra $20-30 a month.
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su root said:
Gotta put in those extra trunks somehow . . . Last I heard, dedicated OC21 lines weren't free.
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Oni said:
not.... free...... ???....
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*Hugs 56k*
*Drop kicks 56k*
*Drop kicks 56k*
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DSL internet connections can be uncapped. It has to be done in the switching terminal. This usually by an employee. If they get caught they get fired. Since anyone who has an uncapped line would hog bandwidth and cause lots of other people to go super slow the trace would reveal the problem at the switch and it would be undone. You also stand the possibility of being banned from DSL as well.
I know a guy who works for Bell South who told me this.
paupton
I know a guy who works for Bell South who told me this.
paupton
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you dont. like he said you have to know someone working at your isp, and even if you did know someone, and they agreed to do this for you, its wrong, and frankly it p*sses alot of people off. you pay 40 for 256k down, you get 256k down - you want more, see if they'll sell you t1 or 3
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