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    • P Offline
      pitchy1234
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      I don't use any proxy to download torrents, it's so painfully slow to download with it for me anyways plus I don't need privacy for that.

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      • MrMazdaM Offline
        MrMazda Global Moderator
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        I believe the problem has to do with your ISP and the way that they run things. I think you will find that if you use a VPN to override your ISP's blocks that they have in place, your problem should go away.

        I have been able to confirm this with a few other cases of this with other users who are using the same ISP that you're on. Simply put, it would seem that your ISP either does not cooperate with our tracker, or that your ISP has some sort of block in place that is preventing you from reaching the tracker. Although I do not know the exact technical cause, it would appear there is either a routing block or a routing problem between your ISP and our systems.

        I would be inclined to recommend the use of a VPN not just for privacy reasons, but also to ensure that you are not caught behind routing blocks that I am certain your ISP puts into place for whatever the reason.

        EDIT: Come to think of it, I recall trying to troubleshoot the very same issue with a couple of different people who use the same ISP as you do and determined that there seems to be an intermittent routing issue to certain IP subnets (one of which our tracker falls into). As I recall, filing a trouble ticket with your ISP eventually solved the problem, but it was a long, complex, and drawn out process, and the problem reappeared again within a week or two. So… For this reason, I would suggest a VPN.

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        • PawpcornP Offline
          Pawpcorn
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          YUP, this issue was investigated in some great depth, and it happened to affect ME, personally, as Staff; I couldn't access our lovely GTRU site some days…and COULD, on other days, thanks to the inept technical staff at the 3bb ISP company.

          The link to the forum topic "Why some IP address from Thailand cannot go to GTRU" is HERE:
          https://community.gaytor.rent/index.php?topic=43488.0

          Short term immediate fix was to invest in a VPN (I used the paid version of proXPN), which provided the access to the site, to perform staff functions RELIABLY, EVERY DAY, but, as you noted, had the problems with torrent speed, which was to be expected.

          LONG TERM FIX was to switch to the TOT ISP, and I chose the high-speed fibre promotion options, which for about 100 Baht more per month than I was paying 3bb, resulted in about 20 times faster access / download speed, with consistent reliability (aside from ONE outage).

          I've grown to have complete and utter disrespect for the folks at 3bb... since repeated calls for help PLUS an ON-SITE-VISIT resulted in "shrugs of the shoulders" along with "Gee, we don't know what's going on, or WHY this is happening..." EVEN WHEN supplied by the data printout from our Staff Memeber MrMazda, which showed EXACTLY where their failure was occurring.

          Good luck on resolving this; switch to TOT; you won't regret the decision.

          Hugs,
          Pawpcorn
          GTRU Staff

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            pitchy1234
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            Thanks for the replies,

            So it's seem it is my ISP messing thing up, also @pawpcorn I'm using True online right now plus the one year contract. So I guess I'll stuck on true for a big while now 😞 sucks I know. I tho True Online was the best, I had some friends who recommended me a lot about them (but they don't torrents on this site anyways lol ) so whats about tot's internet in general. (Like normal usage etc)? I have heard a lot of bad things from tot but maybe they're improving a lot from the past now? Maybe I'll consider changing if true can't help me from this or else.

            Also perhaps if anyone here can recommend me some VPN to download torrents? just a temp fix for now.

            Thank you very much.

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            • MrMazdaM Offline
              MrMazda Global Moderator
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              I personally use PrivateVPN. It would seem that recently, there are sometimes intermittent issues with some of their server locations being able to reach our website, however I know that Frankfurt, Germany 1; London, UK 2; Oslo, Norway; and I believe also Kiev, Ukraine are all locations that have port forwarding enabled that will allow you to connect to our site and tracker no problem, and will allow you to have the correct ports open, as long as you're using UDP + TAP for these locations.

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              • PawpcornP Offline
                Pawpcorn
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                proXPN is a terrific VPN; made it able to connect up here back in the days of my 3bb nightmare. I think I paid about $40 for a year, and there are promotions on that, if you search the internet

                https://couponfollow.com/site/proxpn.com  here's a 62% discount coupon.
                and more:  https://www.google.com/search?q=proxpn+promotions

                TRUE has a pretty bad reputation all around, and often has connection problems via old phone lines / shoddy installation / infamous Thai "good-enough!" installation philosophy.

                SO VERY HAPPY with my TOT fiber up here in Phan Don, Kumphawapi, 35km south of Udon Thani…

                Right now, it's 10:30 pm (so still gaming time, eh?) and speed test shows 53.7Mbps down, and 19.2Mbps up, and this costing 750 Baht a month (plus VAT)... just fantastic, almost too good to be true. This was a TOT promotion that was included in my first mailed bill.

                Sticking with your current ISP... for the sake of the one year contract??? I understand your thinking, but perhaps (as I did) if you can prove to them that their service sucks and you can't access GTRU, even when you have their (so-called) "service engineers" come visit you at home... you may be able to escape some or all of that contract.

                Even if you CAN'T get out from that cursed contract (is there a Thai agency you can call for help in dealing with this???) the peace of mind from being able to have HIGH-SPEED-PORN (LOL) is not to be underestimated.

                Hugs, and good luck,
                Pawpcorn

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                  pitchy1234
                  last edited by

                  Thanks everyone, I guess I'll have to go with vpn method. also I'll try to notified them about this first too.

                  Also pretty weird, at late night sometimes I got a good speed downloading. as I always leave my computer on, some torrents were finished as I check.

                  Also @pawpcorn , not like any third world countries would have a consumer protection, lol. plus this country gov wouldn't mind censoring any porn (both straight and gay) anyways.  :-X

                  Edit: http://i.imgur.com/RieBcoY.png Well that was pretty dumb isp, around 2am I got a full speed on all gaytor.rent torrents. no vpn. funny.  :cheesy2:

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                  • MrMazdaM Offline
                    MrMazda Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    This sounds like a possible intermittent routing issue with your provider. Changing providers, or even using a VPN to route around your provider's defunct route, would get you around this when it happens.

                    Whap The User
                    The only difference between martyrdom and suicide is press coverage!

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                      fire1234
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                      I think adding the two lines worked for me .Thanks! 🙂

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                      • Z Offline
                        zwinna
                        last edited by

                        i have same problem for some days. i wrote the twolines but nothing  :blownose:

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                        • PawpcornP Offline
                          Pawpcorn
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                          @zwinna:

                          i have same problem for some days. i wrote the twolines but nothing  :blownose:

                          Have a look-see:  https://community.gaytor.rent/index.php?topic=52357.0

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                            zwinna
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                            @Pawpcorn:

                            @zwinna:

                            i have same problem for some days. i wrote the twolines but nothing  :blownose:

                            Have a look-see:  https://community.gaytor.rent/index.php?topic=52357.0

                            just done  😕 i use qbittorrent

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                              Am having trouble downloading, an when i do it states
                              The System cannot find the file Specified

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