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Originally Posted by AzzarTheGod
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In college my roommate and I had access to a 15 meg up/down line.
We pulled 14.98 megs/s 24 hours a day 7 days a week for about two and half solid months before the school administration caught up with us. They let us know we were using 100% of the schools bandwidth nonstop, and that a criminal investigation would commence and that the state had been notified. They showed us our data usage, which we were even surprised by, and demanded we surrender the MAC addresses they were accusing immediately.
All 5 computers/servers were seized with about 20 HDs, even our 3rd roommate's computer who had nothing to do with it. And we were removed/banned from campus for the year with the option to appeal for housing privileges next year pending the outcome of a criminal investigation by the state.
In judicial, my friend retorted "This is bullshit!" after the charges were laid out. Yeah that didn't go over well in addition to having me falsely testify as an un-involved 3rd party.
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No warning or anything? Straight to prosecution? Wouldn't happen in England, they do everything they can to keep the already antiquated court system from being more overloaded.
Very harsh though, could someone have suggested the school cap a data allowance and that they perhaps could have done more to stamp it out rather than sprint straight to the legal system to get "justice"? Whoever chose to take you down that route deserves a good kicking.