Trying to use local cap, internationally

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ugan.git

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Hi all,

Im trying to con my way to use my local cap to surf international sites. Is there a way to use a proxy server or tunnel data from another pc. I was thinking of pulling bandwith from a local university PC. There are so many programs available to tunnel ( like DDproxy) but I dont understand the settings...

thanks, :D chow
 
Telkom is screwin us so badly for internet, prices are so dam high. There has to be a way of going internationally
 
There is! There are lots of proxy server too. You just need to know where to look! :)
 
I have tried searchin through google, but just found dead ones!!!
 
I have heard the theory to it, but that person had to set up their own proxy and there was mention of a pc of a siblings place in london, cant remember exactly. The conclusion was that it was NOT worth the effort and would actually cost a fait bit to set up. So yes it can be done, no its not recommended :D
 
ugan.git said:
I have tried searchin through google, but just found dead ones!!!
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That's generally the case, I had a quick look now at what is available and could only find one that had a reported latency of 25000+ ms and is only available 28% of the time ...

The good ones that do appear do not last long, and there has been previous talk that use of such a proxy may be illegal. I'm not going to go into any of that as I am not 100% sure myself, just be aware if you do find a good one that works well - keep in mind you may be exposing yourself to problems ;)
 
TheLoot said:
That's generally the case, I had a quick look now at what is available and could only find one that had a reported latency of 25000+ ms and is only available 28% of the time ...

The good ones that do appear do not last long, and there has been previous talk that use of such a proxy may be illegal. I'm not going to go into any of that as I am not 100% sure myself, just be aware if you do find a good one that works well - keep in mind you may be exposing yourself to problems ;)
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Never heard of that. I found a open proxy. It's their own fault if they leave a transparent proxy unprotected. They can't take me to court. I didn't scan their system. I just used google. They can try to do something but nothing will happen. they will just close the open ports. That about all that they can do!:rolleyes:
 
cavedog said:
Never heard of that. I found a open proxy. It's their own fault if they leave a transparent proxy unprotected. They can't take me to court. I didn't scan their system. I just used google. They can try to do something but nothing will happen. they will just close the open ports. That about all that they can do!:rolleyes:
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If you say so ;)
 
What local university will allow you to do this, most universities have firewalls which block out all outside access to the public lan, If you however work there it may be different story.

I was on a research team when I was at varsity and I had a firewall password, but only like 250MB's a month, for research, but after 12am it was "open time" what I did is ssh into my box in my office and start wget batch and dl some stuff, worked well, I even later setup a cron job to automatically start and stop downloads at 12am and 7am, but I had to go to varsity to pick up the stuff, was not able to tunnel trough the connection although you will be able to do that with a ssh tunnel. But with multiple threads of a download I could reach over 4MB's, so i wouldn't need to access it from home, my connection would just have been a bottle neck.
 
If you with OpenWeb, Get Openbrowse, it's R60 for a 192k international browsing. You basically use a local-only account, and the OpenBrowse proxy to browse international sites.
OpenBrowse doesn't allow downloading, just browsing. But this morning that announced that they are trialing OpenBrowse OpenTime where you can download during Opentime.
 
mh348 said:
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OpenBrowse doesn't allow downloading, just browsing.
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I never understood what is meant by this statement. "Browsing" is "downloading" too: downloading HTML files, style sheets, JavaScript libraries, Flash objects, etc. Is that somehow differentiated from downloading in the 'true' sense (e.g. downloading the Firefox 3.0 setup file)? Or are they referring to P2P (e.g. bit torrent)? Are they blocking certain web sites? I recall reading on the OpenWeb web site that OpenBrowse also does "not allow streaming" - how? Is YouTube blocked?

What is it with ISPs in SA and being so damn vague and secretive about everything? :confused:
 
I know browsing is downloading, they allow you to browse(download) websites. As for downloading in the true sense, thats not allowed, they block the file extension, not the entire website. For example if you try downloading a file like firefox.exe, you'll get a notice saying that you cannot download that file. File fomats that might be blocked .mov, avi, wmv, xls, doc, etc
 
mh348 said:
I know browsing is downloading, they allow you to browse(download) websites. As for downloading in the true sense, thats not allowed, they block the file extension, not the entire website. For example if you try downloading a file like firefox.exe, you'll get a notice saying that you cannot download that file. File fomats that might be blocked .mov, avi, wmv, xls, doc, etc
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Thanks for clarifying. I wasn't picking on you / your knowledge with the 'browsing is downloading' thing. I was directing frustration at OpenWeb's ambiguity ;) It sucks that you cannot download files, although I guess it is better than nothing to be able to use a local cap for international browsing. I think if they (somehow) offered OpenBrowse for use to anyone with any ISP's local-only bandwidth, they'd do phenomenally well (I'd certainly give it a shot)...
 
fz1 said:
Thanks for clarifying. I wasn't picking on you / your knowledge with the 'browsing is downloading' thing. I was directing frustration at OpenWeb's ambiguity ;) It sucks that you cannot download files, although I guess it is better than nothing to be able to use a local cap for international browsing. I think if they (somehow) offered OpenBrowse for use to anyone with any ISP's local-only bandwidth, they'd do phenomenally well (I'd certainly give it a shot)...
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There are trialing a new feature within OpenBrowse that will allow you to download other files, I just got an email this morning notfying me of the trial

Dear OpenWebber,I have some exciting news! From Friday, 20 June at
18:00, until Saturday, 21 June at 18:00, we will be trialling our
OpenBrowse OpenTime window.We will allow all downloads through our
proxy, at no extra charge to you, our valued OpenBrowse user!So, if
you had anything planned during this time, I suggest you stay at home
and start your downloads!If you do not have OpenBrowse, prices start
at only R60 for a 192k connection. You may purchase OpenBrowse by
logging in to your control panel: http://cp.openweb.co.za or by
clicking on the Sign Up button on that page!
Enjoy!
Kind Regards
Keoma
WrightFounderOpenWeb.co.za
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Don't they restrict download to say 100k per item, so that it is able to download web pages and picture etc. but not bigger files?
 
Openweb blocks file extensions, all other content including video through Youtube still works.

How can you expect to Pay R60 and download huuuuge files through thier proxy for 31 days a month ? That works out to 49 gigs a month - combined with a 2 x 30Gig local accounts (@R130) thats about R15 a meg international.

Not even Telkom gives away international bandwidth at that price to SAIX or IS....

But maybe if they offered an "OpenDownload" package for those wanting to download actual files as well as browsing ?
 
Hi,

Can someone at Openweb give more clarity on what the future plans are with Openbrowse. As a Openbrowse client I received the email as well, but I would like to see maybe a 1MB Openbrowse account :cool:

Proff
 
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