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Peer-to-Peer Networks Blocked in NZ

Posted by timothy on from the you-have-a-blockage dept.

mjl writes: "It seems that Time Warner is not the only ISP that limits bandwidth of residential customers. In New Zealand, Telecom is also blocking the use of well known P2P applications. What Telecom fails to recognise is that these people are pushing the envelope of what the Internet can do, and will drive the technology economy in years to come."

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  1. Vampires by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are vampires in broadband land...
    I'm talking about downloading on the internet - specifically music and videos via file-sharing networks such as KaZaA and Grokster.

    Ahh! That finally explains why so many nodes seem to drop off the network around sunrise.

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    - - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.