Limewire blocked?

**pmeswani** · 13 February 2009, 15:18

Originally posted by Ken Dodd View Post

my ten year old son has been trying to access Limewire on the desktop and the laptop for a couple of weeks, and it has not been connecting. He has mentioned this to me but, bring the good father i am, I have been ignoring it. I finally gave in the other night and realised that Limewire is indeed, not conecting to the gnutella network as it should (apparently!?).

I disconnected from the home network - which is Tiscali - and connected through my Orange 3G card I use away from home, and guess what! It connected straight away.

My questions are:

Can an ISP or do ISPs block access to Limewire or any other sites of a similar purpose?
- Is there an alternative to Limewire that anyone can recommend?
Thanks

Don't want to sound stupid here.. but have you checked the Tiscali forums lately?

https://www.tiscali.co.uk/forums/sho...d.php?t=146015

Edit: Yes, I am aware that the posting is somewhat out of date.

**Ken Dodd** · 13 February 2009, 15:31

Tiscali

I didn't even know Tiscali had forums!

Anyway, the link takes me to the same question as mine.

Thanks anyway.

Tiscali have never notified me that Limewire is blocked, which is why I don't know the answer. And, if you have ever tried speaking to a tiscali advisor, you will understand why I haven't called them.

**NickNick** · 13 February 2009, 15:55

As a general point, I'd stay away from Limewire. What are you trying to get from there? Alternatives could include UseNext, http://elbo.ws if you are not bothered about legal content or of course http://www.allofmp3.com (if they are still around) or iTunes / amazon if you are prepared to pay.

**pmeswani** · 13 February 2009, 16:17

Originally posted by Ken Dodd View Post

I didn't even know Tiscali had forums!

Anyway, the link takes me to the same question as mine.

Thanks anyway.

Tiscali have never notified me that Limewire is blocked, which is why I don't know the answer. And, if you have ever tried speaking to a tiscali advisor, you will understand why I haven't called them.

Tiscali, now part of BT and owners of Pipex, are known to doing this without warning, so don't be surprised if things are being blocked. Try using the DNS Servers on OpenDNS to see if that makes any difference.

**dinker** · 13 February 2009, 16:39

Three strikes and you`re out:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01...ion_timetable/

You do know that Tiscali are the worst ISP in the country?

**PRC1964** · 13 February 2009, 17:19

You mean they're worse than AOL?

**pmeswani** · 13 February 2009, 19:33

Originally posted by PRC1964 View Post

You mean they're worse than AOL?

They still exist?

Limewire blocked?