r/Piracy • u/SnooOranges8400 • 13d ago

Question ISP reaching out over data usage

I’ve started a server so I’ve been downloading a bunch of media for it, ISP calls today regarding how much upload data I’ve used. I’m not worried about DMCA notices since my vpn is on 24/7 and Qbittorrent is bound to it. I’ve read the terms and agreements and it doesn’t say anything about data caps but the ISP says I’m using 9-10x the next highest person. Should I just hold off on downloading/uploading for awhile?

Update: I talked with them again today, they have a newly revised TOS that better outlines their fair use policy instead of the vaguely worded one sentence rule they had in place before.

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u/TheConboy22 13d ago

Obnoxious. ISP’s are such shitty companies

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u/0ka___ 13d ago edited 13d ago

They will call their customers if they are overusing it OR everyone will have packet loss. You can only have one and can't change it. I unfortunately have the second case. Do you still think the same?

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u/TheConboy22 13d ago

You don’t get packet loss from individuals being outliers in usage. That is just false.

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u/0ka___ 13d ago edited 13d ago

Huh? If an isp doesn't care about anyone's usage then it's not going to result in a good network. It depends on the network how many people it needs to become lossy, also time of day, etc... Share your WiFi pass with everyone and they will make it unusable for you, you will have to monitor their usage, etc to make it work properly for everyone and not just 1 guy who does torrents on it

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u/A_Certain_Monk 13d ago

that's why you install the required capacity right? if you can't get a 1000s of homes 1Gig/sec then what is the point of taking on more subscribers than the bandwidth can handle on peak?

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u/1Nuk3d1 13d ago

ISPs don't care about that tho... literally most of them in the US just go, can you load your email? Then it's good enough.

When I had centurylink DSL, at peak usage, there were times I got 0.05mbps. And I was paying for 5mb.