[tor-relays] Problems with domestic ISP blocking publicly listed relays

[renke brausse]

Hi Paul
> The first one has been Tor itself where I have noticed (using Arm to monitor) that it has been downloading far more data than uploading. 
> A ratio of say 5:1 — it hasn’t always been this way!
[..]
> Access to lovefim.com this weekend has now resulted in no longer able to stream and watch films.
> I can log onto system but if I try and stream I get the error message “INVALID LOCATION.  Sorry, but the requested content is not available in your current location.”
> Opened a service desk ticket but the response was “you are trying to stream from outside the UK”
> WTF?????

Did you configure your browser to use your local Tor daemon as SOCKS
proxy? Would explain both the upload/download ratio (normal web browsing
is async) and a foreign (Tor exit) IP

Renke


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