[1.1.1.5/bmi/] Orange looks bad

…or at least pictures the sites visited by those who subscriptions Orange Internet.
This morning I had a big surprise and I had a good scare. The first site that we visited was , and I had a very picture…unclear.

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What you see above is a screenshot of bad. That is image quality from most of the sites I visited. At least that's how I see it, no matter what browser I use. Initially I was a little scared thinking it was a problem on the server - viruses and other tampons that went through my mind in a split second. When I checked and saw the source of the images displayed in the browser, I calmed down…

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All images displayed on the siteSites were served by a server type http://1.1.1.5 / bmi/, 1.1.1.1 / bmi /, 1.1.1.2 / bmi /, 1.1.1.3/ Bmi / etc 1.1.1*. WTF??

Good… To give you the data and solution this issue, I must say that using a package Orange Internet, and connection is through a modem USB Huawei E160. Initially I thought it was a problem only with my subscription, but I also tested with another subscription (and another modem) on another PC in the house, and the problem was the same. Poor quality images.
Gentlemen from Orange to "optimize"  loading speed sitesWere used less orthodox trick that is not specified in any Internet contract finished with me. Orange uses a cache server gender Address 1.1.1.5, on which the images are stored (at a very poor quality, so as not to take up much space) from most of the sites visited by customers, in order to be served at a higher speed.
It is a normal practice for an ISP, only Orange applies it very badly and in a strange style. It misleads subscribers, does not specify this in any contract and does not offer the customer a bypass solution to be able to see the images on the internet in real quality. Finally… if you have an Internet subscription to Orange and you encounter this problem, the most simple solution to avoid taking images from 1.1.1. *, is to block access Your PC to the IPs
Open in Word and edit the file hosts (with privileges of Administrator) of C:WindowsSystem32driversetc and write the next line without # in front:

127.0.0.1 1.1.1.5

hostswindows-7After you save your changes, delete caches internet browserSite or make a refresh with Ctrl F5. Images will be displayed in real quality.
This method is valid for operating systems Windows 7 si Windows Vista.

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