<p>hi. i was at my friend's dorm(jester) and they said they are not supposed to use p2p to download stuff cuz if they do they get caught. is this true? well i live at apartment. i live at the village at riverside. and at my apartment, we use pavlov media for internet service. can i use p2p at my apartment?? or am i gonna get caught by pavlov media if i use p2p?</p>
<p>thank u very much for ur help~</p>
<p>It'd be just as dangerous as using a P2P at home. You aren't on campus, so there's no way that UT could know. As far as your ISP, it's up to you if you wanna take that risk.</p>
<p>its very probable that UT blocks the ports for p2p access. im not sure if thats their policy, but possibly. and even if they dont block the ports, they could be monitoring your bandwidth.</p>
<p>in english, blocking particular ports means it blocks parts of your access to the internet. each service you use on the internet, whether its games, email, browsing, or p2p uses different ports to access it. so yeah, thats what i mean.</p>
<p>in any case, dont try using p2p on campus. kinda risky. you may lose your privilege to use the internet. whats the point of that? just buy your stuff.</p>
<p>edit: ohhhh, you're off campus. well. no, you prob wont get caught by your ISP because they dont monitor what your using your bandwidth for (unless you're using alotalotalot of it). but in any case, you still shouldnt. theres still a very high probability of getting caught, esp if you're sharing loads of files. not to mention its not the most credible nor honest thing to do. like i said before, just buy your stuff (in other words, time to grow up).</p>
<p>In the month I've been on campus, I've downloaded approximately 80 songs using limewire and bitcomet... no problem so far.</p>
<p>My friend downloaded a movie on campus and he was caught. He got an informal warning. So I suggest that you dont download illegally on campus.</p>
<p>Hmmm, was it a recent movie? I don't download movies myself, just songs... wonder if that makes a difference?</p>
<p>Also, most of the songs I downloaded are quite old (ranging from 3 to 12yrs old)... a lot of the bands I listen to disbanded before 2000...</p>
<p>He downloaded "A beautiful mind". The company which produced the film sent UT a notification and he was warned.</p>
<p>it doesnt matter how old it is of whatever you are downloading....if the company is keeping tabs or if UT is keeping tabs while you're using UT's bandwidth to download, then you risk losing your internet access. you might as well sit out in front of the union and give out illegally burned music cds to people walking by because that correlates exactly to what you're (razr) doing now: openly exposing yourself to getting caught.</p>
<p>I live on campus at texas A&M, and someone here set up a private hub for A&M on campus residents on the DC++ program. Everyone uses it, and I havent heard of anyone getting in trouble. its insanely quick because w're all connected to the same T3 lines that are right next to each other.</p>
<p>UT doesnt block ports.</p>
<p>key to p2p, if you use bit torrent try to use private trackers.
and UT has a hub, it's just a little hush hush right now, ResNet shut down the main one last year</p>