# Hi have a question

**URL:** https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/hi-have-a-question/11649
**Category:** Eve Online
**Created:** [January 9, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/hi-have-a-question/11649 "2019-01-09T01:51:20Z")
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### Author: ![Drako-64](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Drako-64](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Drako-64)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/hi-have-a-question/11649/1 "2019-01-09T01:51:20Z")

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Just started playing this game again after a long time. Just as a question does everyone get a “socket closed” boot from the game a lot ? I am playing free if that matters.

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### Author: ![Alphea](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/user_avatar/forums.oldtimersguild.com/alphea/32/700_2.png) [@Alphea](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Alphea)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/hi-have-a-question/11649/2 "2019-01-09T13:02:35Z")

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This is an old CCP error that keeps creeping back it seems nobody wants to take responsibility for. Different ISP have different results, using a VPN can fix it if your VPN server is local and your shitty isp routing is bypassed.  
Here is one of the many reddit “discussions” on the matter [https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/7dsqe1/socket\_closed\_information\_thread/?st=ja76e0yd&sh=f0cfd6d2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/7dsqe1/socket_closed_information_thread/?st=ja76e0yd&sh=f0cfd6d2)

Good luck

CCP should take some of the credit for this too as it is coded that way to stop people cheating