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Couple years ago had internet service cut off for dl'ing some torrents. And have gotten a few letters warning of it over the years as well. If ISPs get the copyright strike letter, they generally act on it.
Usually just copyrighted stuff. Big studios hire companies to send dmcas to ISPs to harass users. I just run my torrent node in a cgroup that forwards all its traffic over vpn so it’s not a problem
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ARVIN 1 year ago
I know Blockstream Satellite is providing broadcasting services for BTC block data, I meant Internet services.
I could not even access email with the ‘local provider’ before Starlink. It’s been a life saver for anyone outside the main fibre lines. I was an early user and the service was spotty, but two years later, it’s as good as any internet I ever had in the city.
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Diyana 1 year ago
Recently was in Guate at lake Atitlan staying for a few weeks at several apartment units of this Airbnb vertical terrace layered compound with our group. The Internet was terrible, so they installed us Starlink at the highest point. That's been my only interaction with Starlink. I'm just thinking it'd be kind of hard to manage this "issue" if a place has tons of different people coming and going using the internet.
Would using private trackers prevent this entirely on starlink internet?
One weird story i've heard of starlink. Last summer I went hiking with a family (mutual friend). They told me one day these strange ships were hovering over their home (right above it). A whole chain of them. It freaked them out. Later on they were informed they were starlink satellites. Apparently they descend low from time to time
Create a starlink for us plebs boss, so we can get out of local ISP crap.
It would be interesting to see what % of nostriches got that torrenting notice at some point 😀 Luckily you can pay mullvad with lightning ⚡
Yeah, the infrastructure itself is centralized, can't go against the owners forever. We are peasants, in terms of infrastructure.