Is it just me, or is Kazaa pants for connections recently?

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May 18, 2002 | 01:08 PM

Mr Footlong

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As above pretty well covers it

I am taking forever to connect and once there, searches are slow, none of my half downloaded thingies are finding anyone to resume from etc....

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Nick

May 18, 2002 | 05:58 PM

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Seems fine for me!

Might be your ISP?!

May 18, 2002 | 05:59 PM

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s'cr@p anyway

I tend to use DC instead now. Kazaa Lite is a bit better tho

May 18, 2002 | 08:36 PM

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It's capped now apparently, wont let you get any decent connections, barstewards..

May 18, 2002 | 08:56 PM

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I got a 50k download of Ali G in da House this afternoon
Well, thats what it was sposed to be...when I actually played it turned out to be Monsters Fricking Inc, of course I'm only downloading films for research and educational purposes, always delete them as soon as there downloaded

May 18, 2002 | 09:39 PM

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mines been terrible as well footy, tho we do share the same isp.....

May 18, 2002 | 10:42 PM

Mr Footlong

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Hmmmmmmmm. Strange then.

Cheers mate

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May 18, 2002 | 10:59 PM

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How can it be capped ? Its peer-to-peer.

They still have the bandwidth throttle that the user can set.

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May 18, 2002 | 11:14 PM

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I'm with DJ Dunk - Direct Connect

May 19, 2002 | 01:18 AM

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Also use DC and EDonkey too, got loads of stuff off there.

What DC servers you lot use ?

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May 19, 2002 | 10:51 AM

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As many as possible. Tend to flick about finding what I'm after with the best pings and most slots open

DC++ is good for multiple hub searching, but a lot of them don't like you using it

May 19, 2002 | 05:50 PM

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Whats the URL for this DC malarky?

May 19, 2002 | 05:57 PM

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www.neo-modus.com

May 19, 2002 | 06:04 PM

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Cheers

Has it got any known spyware built in?

May 19, 2002 | 06:38 PM

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Don't think so. Just an Ad banner

Essential if you're on broadband

May 19, 2002 | 11:19 PM

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theres only 1 word .edonkey.

May 20, 2002 | 02:00 PM

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Thought you would have downloaded all that p0rn off of Kazaa by now Footlong!!!!

.. but in answer to your question...
My connection to Kazaa was slow logging in recently but searches and the like were fine.

May 20, 2002 | 02:02 PM

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Well, I am trying!

Seriously though, might just be related to F2s, as It is still cack.....

Cheers,

Nick

May 20, 2002 | 02:42 PM

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Anyone got the new star wars movie or spiderman? If so where from! Ill delete it as soon as its downloaded but that goes without saying.

May 20, 2002 | 02:45 PM

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Dude, shouldn't really be directly mentioning stuff like that on here. Very sensitive issue, as I am sure that you can understand...

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Nick

May 20, 2002 | 03:12 PM

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Oh ok sorry!
I was only joking... god you believed i wanted them lol
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May 20, 2002 | 03:29 PM

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Scooby Snax - Mail me

May 20, 2002 | 06:46 PM

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Interesting - the beauty of scoobynet. Goldmine.

Would never have discovered edonkey or dc if it hadn't been for you lot. Cheers. Off to give em a blast.

-DV

May 21, 2002 | 09:52 AM

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hi guys,

adsl up, hub arrives today, so where should I go first?

http://www.neo-modus.com/

or edonkey? What's the URL for edonkey?

Greg

May 21, 2002 | 10:08 AM

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Have you never heard of Google ?

Just type in eDonkey - it's not that hard, honest

May 21, 2002 | 10:12 AM

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Edonkey has some bandwidth throttling on it. Basically as you limit the upload speed, it brings your download speed down.

Dunk - ygm

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May 24, 2002 | 01:15 PM

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From: Stalking Kate Beckinsale

Coutesy of Mr Holt, I now know what is happening:

Important Notice for ADSL Users (updated 22.05.2002)

Due to increase in demand and usage of ADSL our
current connections into BT are at maximum capacity.
The effects of this will be slower download rates and
increased ping times. To help reduce the problem some
p2p ports have been temporarily blocked (in
particular: eDonkey and KaZaA).

We have on order an STM4 interface (620 Mbits) running
over gigabit ethernet which will permanently resolve
this issue. Due to the delays in this installation we
are also acquiring an existing spare BT pipe from
another ISP. Unfortunately this has also been delayed
the past few weeks due to internal BT legal
timescales. Whichever one of these installs happens
first will solve the current problems. Please check
back here for daily updates.

Thank you for your patience.

Technical Services
freedom2surf

Oh poo......

Hopefully wil be fixed soon enough though

Cheers,

Nick

May 24, 2002 | 02:46 PM

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Kazaa has been running noticeably slower for the last few weeks - since I upgraded to 6.1 (?) the bitrates have become unreliable and a lot of the downloads at 128 don't play - you just get weird clicks goings on. time to try the other sites suggested me thinks.....

Gordo

May 24, 2002 | 04:33 PM

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I heard today that Kazaa has ceased? because it is being taken to court. Anyone else heard this?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25414.html

I downloaded stuff last night with the usual connection speed (approx 70k/sec on broadband).

J

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