How do I bypass ISP restrictions without VPN?

How do I stop my ISP from throttling me?

I live in the midwest.

The ISP has the only IP range in the area. They say that I am not using any services that are bandwidth intensive. The ISP throttles me regardless. I cannot watch live TV without it, and when I have any problem with DNS or web browsing or anything they blame it on me being bandwidth intensive.

The problem is that even when my usage is light, they throttle me in this area. How do I prove it to them? I have this issue as well in that I have a small business and cannot afford to spend thousands of dollars to keep throttling us. I solved this by doing the following: Set the ip address for the modem/router you use on the DHCP network to the same as the WAN address of the company server. This will make it look like all requests come from the same IP address as the server, so it won't trigger the throttle.

Set the IP address for the modem/router you use on the modem/router and all other computers on the local network to the same as the WAN address of the modem/router. This will make it look like all traffic comes from the modem/router, which we control and we trust not to throttle.

Set the IP address of the modem/router you use for the business to be an "internal" IP address that only allows internal communication. (This is where I run the office server). This way if the modem/router ever goes out or fails, you can move to the backup modem/router, and continue business as usual. I do NOT use the DHCP network for business (it can easily be accessed outside and thus isn't secure for business).

I hope this helps.

Does a VPN stop ISP throttling?

In order to stop you ISPs throttling of VoIP traffic, you can use a VPN.

For example, when you use OpenVPN on Windows with the Windows built-in IPSec you can use IPSectunnel from NATProxy and achieve an overlay tunnel situation and get a local IP address in your LAN. So effectively there is no problem for VoIP using your ISP.

However, when you use PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) VPN that isn't built-in Windows software, NATProxy doesn't support it, either. In that case, you have no choice but to go the OpenVPN or PPTP way and live with ISP throttling.

I was reading the posts where they explained ISP throttling, and I understand about using a VPN to stop it, but is this the only way? Is there another way which works without any VPNs at all? Because I had read somewhere that a VPN connection is not necessary at all in some situations? There is a solution which DOESN'T include an on/off switch for ISP throttling. It uses an alternate protocol. You could set that up directly in your VoIP gateway, if your provider supports it. Otherwise, you'll need to look for a product that does it.

Thanks for the info! If they do support it, that would be great. Is it better for it to be a VoIP only option, than open for other applications? It does matter. Many service providers have no interest in VoIP and see all traffic as annoyance, so all VoIP activity will be blocked by their policies and then not even VoIP will be going through their network.

However, when you use PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) VPN that isn't built-in Windows software, NATProxy doesn't support it, either.