I’m considering getting Google Fiber for internet service, because it’s about to become available in my area.

Are the Google Fiber admins cool with filesharing protocols?

Or do they strangle traffic, ban people for filesharing, etc?

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      While true, the alternatives available to 90% of the country may be much worse.

      Honestly I thought Google had stopped rolling out fiber.

      • Deello@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        Rolling out, yes. Everyone that is already covered in one of their locations doesn’t lose service because they’re no longer expanding to new neighborhoods. Likewise, moving into one of those neighborhoods makes you a potential customer.

  • Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    285·
    9 months ago

    2 issues I have with this:

    1. Google is one of the biggest spy-ware companies out there
    2. Due to 1. I would not be suprised if they participate in Harvest now, decrpyt later
      (regarding users who think they will be safe under a VPN)

    I’d consider taking another ISP,
    you know, just one who is not known for using you as a product and shoving spyware into every nook and cranny they can find…

    • Olivia@lemmy.todayEnglish
      18·
      9 months ago

      A private company is not storing petabytes of encrypted data on the chance they might turn a profit with that information later. They can’t even turn a profit with the useful petabytes of videos they have on YouTube. I can rest assured that every CEO is trying to get the next round of stock buy backs going.

      The government totally would harvest petabytes of encrypted data, but they’re not revealing their spy program because you want to see muscle orgys. At least until a more religious government is formed.

  • mctoasterson@reddthat.comEnglish
    11·
    9 months ago

    Seems OK with BT in the sense they do not throttle traffic etc. Using basic prevention measures like private trackers and port randomization will get you far here. If you are using public torrent sites I would probably use a seedbox or torrent friendly VPS host… Then your ISP will only see SSH traffic from your machine to the box.

  • rdyoung@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    9 months ago

    Iirc, at one point I believe they were round filing any dmca requests. What I would suggest is use Proton or another vpn that has settings for this type of traffic. I don’t remember seeing anything about them throttling non pirated files transferred over those protocols but I haven’t paid attention to them in years because I moved away from the area they were rolling out.

    • zabadoh@ani.socialOPEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      Limewire is gone, but ED2K is very much alive, and pretty darned good for finding older files.

      • antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Good to hear that ed2k is still alive! It’s been ages since I’ve been there. Any advice for the best ed2k experience in 2024?

        As we’re talking p2p clients here, I have to mention soulseek. It changed my life! It’s especially excellent for lossless and rare music, but various other types of media can be found there too. There are soulseek clients for most OS’s, including slskd to be selfhosted and accessed through a webui as well as graphical desktop clients, where I believe Nicotine+ is a popular choice.