Hughes.net/FAP........

[swampwizard52]

Hello Everybody, I have been useing BitChe for torrent search for over a year and I'm very happy with it. I also use BiTorrent. My problem is: I live in the backwoods of FL,USA where the only hi-speed internet connection is by sattelite. My ISP is Hughes.net and they have a Fair Use Policy which limits downloading to 300 MB's in 24 hours. Well fine,except I downloaded 6.9 MB's in 24 hrs. and they claim I violated FAP.Granted, It's my problem with Hughes.net. I have heard of people being able to pirate into peoples modems. Has anybody else had these problems? Any helpful hints? Hughes.net Customer Service sux! Thanks!

[billyfridge]

Hi Swamp....I don't know much about wireless modems, but shouldn't you have a firewall in place to stop people hacking into your modem??

[swampwizard52]

Thanks billyfridge, I've always used Windows firewall with no problems. I guess I should upgrade.

[MinLo]

Hello Everybody, I have been useing BitChe for torrent search for over a year and I'm very happy with it. I also use BiTorrent. My problem is: I live in the backwoods of FL,USA where the only hi-speed internet connection is by sattelite. My ISP is Hughes.net and they have a Fair Use Policy which limits downloading to 300 MB's in 24 hours. Well fine,except I downloaded 6.9 MB's in 24 hrs. and they claim I violated FAP.Granted, It's my problem with Hughes.net. I have heard of people being able to pirate into peoples modems. Has anybody else had these problems? Any helpful hints? Hughes.net Customer Service sux! Thanks!

Is your wireless network secured with an encryption key? I'm not too keen with wireless but I don't think a firewall would do much but protect your personal computer from being intruded upon.......

here's a general article to get you started and then you can google the rest yourself
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/wireless_secure.htm

If you have a wireless modem and don't secure the network, it's pretty much broadcasting free internet.