Control by provider

Submitted by leijsten on Sat, 01/16/2016 - 01:09
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Soulseek General Discussion

Another user told me yesterday that he had received a warning from his provider. He had to stop using Soulseek because this program was on the black list of the provider.
My question is if my provider can see that I use Soulseek? Are there other users who have experienced this or heard of this?

Submitted by Nir on Sat, 01/16/2016 - 19:19.

Any idea who the provider was? If your ISP is monitoring your connection they should be able to tell if you're connecting to our server, but if they have a problem with that they could just as easily block access to our server IP address. Frankly I don't think your ISP has the right to tell you what to do with your connection if you're not using it maliciously. I believe net neutrality laws in the US make this type of interference illegal.

Submitted by leijsten on Sun, 01/17/2016 - 09:32.

Thanks Nir for you answer. I will forward it to the user who has been warned.
Peter Leijsten