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Old January 7th, 2006
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I don't believe this: http://www.talktalk.co.uk/talktalk/s...S&NODE_ID=6900

http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/s...161#post174161
It appears they are part owned by Tiscali who "are" known to use filtering techniques against p2p users in Europe. So they may or may not be blocking ports. But they are probably using a special anti p2p program similar to this one: 1. Sandvine or 2. ipp2p

More about TalkTalk http://www.the-scream.co.uk/forums/s...ad.php?t=16602
Quote: "They have admitted they do restrict use of P2P programs, by blocking some ..."

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...t=38285&page=2 (moreso about tiscali)

Similar TalkTalk p2p complaints: 1. dsl reports forum remarks, & also 2. Discussion about p2p blocking

* Official report on UK isp's that throttle speeds (talk Talk included): ISP's that cap heavy bandwidth users & p2p
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