Internet blocks

[Drivhardd]

Please tell me about blocks that can be put on your internet by isp's

 

[davehc]

You may get a lot of answers!
I think it probably depends, very much, on how much authority, and government support, your ISP receives.
Where I live, for example, a counntry which boasts widely of its freedom and democracy, my ISP has blocked a few "dubious" sites. - Piratebay, for example, and hardcore sex sites.
Only other limitations they could possibly impose would be speed, which is normally limited to how much you are prepared to pay. There, again, our ISP promises "up to" the paid for speed. Mine had never exceeded more than three quarters of that speed.

 

[Mychael]

Is the O/P asking about his personal internet plan or ISP in general? As davehc has mentioned all the "nasty" sites (read what is considered illegal or immoral) can be blocked.
Your own plan can be throttled down if you exceed your plans download limit.
Depends also on which country your talking about.

 

[Drivhardd]

What exactly is blocking or throttlling?

Does it keep you from websites or just make it miserable for you to get to them, such as slowing things down.

 

[davehc]

My ISP actually blocks them. I,ll just have a go and show you - standbye!


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Translation:
The Eastern High Court, by order of 26 November 2008 upheld the court bailiff order of 29 January 2008, after which, Sonofon A / S has been requested to prevent its customers access to www.thepiratebay.org.
Based on evidence from the Eastern High Court, TDC has decided to also block access to the site.
TDC keeps no record of your attempt to visit to this site.

 

[TrainableMan]

If the entire site is blocked by your ISP or is controlled by that site based on the country you live in, then you simply bounce off a computer set up to be a proxy server (in the case of entire countries you pick a server outside your country). Most of these want to sell you the service but many allow free use. Some try to force you to pay for popular sites like piratebay, so if one doesn't work try another.

I am not recommending this particular site, just using it as an example of how you can find a huge list of sites which may suit your needs: Proxy.org I have found it is usually easier to click on one of the sites in the list and enter your address in the sites webpage rather than to try to enter a URL on that page and bounce with the GO button. For more places to try, simply type "proxy server" into your search engine.

Note that these are for small amounts of data such as a website html or a torrent header; you won't be allowed to download movies, etc. This is of course slower, as every link in the html is editted to be linked through the proxy. Some have settings (either right on the screen or under an options or settings link) and you may need to enable or disable such items as scripting and cookies in order to get your particular website to work. Many just aren't very good at converting the links or are very slow; when in doubt try another.

Dave, maybe try something like here

DISCLAIMER:
If you use this to access porn from work - it's your own head so don't blame me; most job sites log internet use and this isn't hiding what you do, it just makes the links a lot longer but not untraceable. I used to use this to access eBay from work years ago .... ahh, good times.

Oh just a little history.
Early on, roughly 10 years ago or so, one of the first of these sites was available for public use but the CIA loved it so much for their agents in the field that they bought it and took the site private. Now 10s of thousands of these sites exist.

BTW, governments like China try to block these proxy sites as well because the citizens can use them to get around restricted websites such as porn. Something you may want to consider if you have children you are trying to block sites from. I know in norton there is an option in the parent minder for proxies but what is funny is the kids may know what a proxy server is and the parents don't, so they don't bock it.

 

[TrainableMan]

Many ISPs throttle content which is not the same as blocking access, they simply slow down things such as file transfers. Almost all internet agreements include a clause where they can limit access so that bandwidth is available for all subscribers.

 

[davehc]

"Dave, maybe try something like here"


Tks. But to avoid any midunderstanding, I was merely answering the OP's thread with a prime example.. I have no particular interest in hacking into sites which are banned (by my ISP), unless I feel it is an impertinance.

 

[draceena]

Most people have a pay-for-use model whereby you pay more for faster speeds and/or have a download limit per month. On top of that, your ISP can also throttle Internet traffic to allow everyone "fair" access to the internet (at least this is the usual excuse).

I find it a bit rediculous that they always say "up to x Megabytes (or Gigabytes) a Second Download" so if you don't get the full amount they can use the "up to" portion of the statement as an excuse to not upgrade their network.

 

[davehc]

I find it a bit ridiculous that they always say "up to x Megabytes (or Gigabytes) a Second Download" so if you don't get the full amount they can use the "up to" portion of the statement as an excuse to not upgrade their network.

Worst. I queried why I had never, over many years, received more than three quarters. I suggested I could move down to the next lowest (which would be three quarters) and then get what I pay for. Reply:
"No. Then I would still probably only get three quarters I my new download speed"

- The mind boggles!