303darthbobby Catgirl I'm the one they warned you about. Level: 83 Posts: 28/1810 EXP: 5341262 For next: 90959 Since: 03-02-09 From: North Carolina Since last post: 3.8 years Last activity: 3.6 years	Posted on 03-25-09 11:15:13 PM Link | Quote
	Sounds promising. Can't say I like the idea of paying, but it's only going to be $7 a month, so that's not too bad.

Hiryuu Level: 207 Posts: 7685/14435 EXP: 127636625 For next: 2147529 Since: 07-06-07 Since last post: 11.8 years Last activity: 11.7 years	Posted on 03-25-09 11:20:12 PM Link | Quote
	The only thing I can say against it as well is that you're looking at other VPN software that exists that's free. So what's so much better about Pirate Bay's version aside from the fact that they're a great company? ____________________

303darthbobby Catgirl I'm the one they warned you about. Level: 83 Posts: 30/1810 EXP: 5341262 For next: 90959 Since: 03-02-09 From: North Carolina Since last post: 3.8 years Last activity: 3.6 years	Posted on 03-25-09 11:47:25 PM Link | Quote
	It also seems that charging for this service goes against what Pirates stand for.

Hiryuu Level: 207 Posts: 7689/14435 EXP: 127636625 For next: 2147529 Since: 07-06-07 Since last post: 11.8 years Last activity: 11.7 years

Posted on 03-26-09 12:13:26 AM Link | Quote

Yea...that was the other point; it kinda felt oxymoronic. I'm not exactly sure why they would charge unless it was a means of donation for research. I can imagine it's a great undertaking if what they say is what they mean but it just feels like they've got a bit of an ego after taking on the industry's case and winning. Not saying I wouldn't approve of such an anonymous device, it should be mandated anyways as right to privacy, but such laws aren't worldwide. ____________________

emcee Member Level: 37 Posts: 22/267 EXP: 320002 For next: 18251 Since: 08-11-07 Since last post: 12.9 years Last activity: 12.7 years

Posted on 03-26-09 01:37:49 AM Link | Quote

I'm not sure why this article refers to this as a VPN, I'm pretty sure the word they're looking for is proxy. Anyway, I assume the reason they're charging for this is because everything you send or receive over the internet would have to be piped through their servers, which means huge bandwidth costs, even for Sweden. I would consider this service, if it's as least as fast as my current cable connection (about 7Mbps), otherwise it would just be a bottleneck.

303darthbobby Catgirl I'm the one they warned you about. Level: 83 Posts: 31/1810 EXP: 5341262 For next: 90959 Since: 03-02-09 From: North Carolina Since last post: 3.8 years Last activity: 3.6 years	Posted on 03-26-09 01:50:50 AM Link | Quote
	Uh, why would everything you do have to go through their server. Only what you do on ThePirateBay should be affected. This is just my assumption, though.

emcee Member Level: 37 Posts: 23/267 EXP: 320002 For next: 18251 Since: 08-11-07 Since last post: 12.9 years Last activity: 12.7 years

Posted on 03-26-09 02:02:40 AM Link | Quote

No where in the article or the ipredator site is it implied that it only for use with The Pirate Bay website, or their tracker. Actually, that would be kind of useless. All a tracker does is give a list of peers, you still have to make a direct connection to them to download a piece of your file(s). Even if this service only relayed data between you and peers listed on their tracker, it would still be a huge amount of bandwidth.