My Proxy IP is Blocked?

[joseph0829]

Just this evening I was roaming around my blog using IP 121.1.3.200, it was all okay before.. but now, I can't even use that IP when visiting site that is related to profusehost.net especially hosted sites .. and i don't know why ,, did you block this IP? but when I try to use my orginal IP it works all fine.

[John]

I have removed the IP from block list. Please avoid use of proxy when visiting sites on our server. Proxy sites are usually used for abuse and we do block some ip's that cause problems.

[joseph0829]

I'm so sory for using proxy JOhn, hm.. i think it was blocked because of somebody download a big file from my account using a downloader without limits, was that the cause of problem yesterday?

[joseph0829]

John, if you dont mind please do tell me why or what are the causes of that IP was blocked or banned from site related to profusehost.net, yet you said earlier that one of the cause is abuse, in what form did i abuse those sites ? thanks!

[snoop1990]

In general Proxy servers are blocked to clarify the users identity. Companies like profusehost.net which provide web space or a forum do not want their customers to use proxies to be sure who is using which service and what exactly is he or she doing. That is important to us because, the stuff team has to look for illegal content on the server and as to delete it. Also of course we do not want our forum to be spammed or so.

Therefore we force our customers not to use proxies, so it is clearly to see who did abuse or so on.

If this person uses a proxy he or she might say I did not do anything, it must be somebody else using the same proxy. We have no way to prove your identity trough an proxy server.



The proxy servers are only blocked to prevent abuse, this do not mean you or any body using your proxy have done anything wrong yet. But we want to prevent you from doing so, therefore in general we block proxy servers. If John decides not to block your proxy server, it is his decision, but I recommend to block them all and would be very happy if you decide not to use a proxy server when using the profusehost.net services. But I am just a Moderator and it is Johns decision if he allows you to use your proxy or not.

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[joseph0829]

thanks for that brief explanation but, unfortunately the reason why I'm using proxy every now and then because without proxy my internet connection would be low and so im not happy if its low then i decided to use my ISP proxy. sorry about that...

[snoop1990]

Sorry, there should be no difference between using a proxy or without. I can not imagine a proxy server to be faster then a direct connection. That seems to be impossible for me, because if your internet connection is limited to 500 kbit/s or so then there is no difference which side you connect to, they are all as slow. The proxy do not speed up your internet connection, the proxy only mixes your traffic with other users traffic, so nobody knows which sides you visit and so on.

Sorry if I am wrong, but I never heard about a speed increase when using a proxy, for me it always was an speed decrease, using a proxy.

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[joseph0829]

you wont believe it but I myself experienced this one.. currently I'm using proxy @ 1.5mbps and without proxy at 800kbps.. there somehow would be a big difference ... take note that this is only HTTP proxy for "BROWSING" only!

[snoop1990]

Ok, but I am sorry I do not understand how this works. It still seems to be incredible for me. Because for me proxy are not as fast as direct connection, they are even slower.

Can you please provide a link to that proxy you are using ? I 'd like to try it on my own.

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[joseph0829]

this proxy would only work if you are a subscriber of my ISP, Smart Broadband Inc., its a wireless internet connection here in the Philippines provided by a leading cellularphone network, Smart Communication Inc.

[snoop1990]

Ok ;-)

That won't work, cause I am from germany and you know ...

But thanks for the information ! I never heard of something similar before !

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