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PA ISP to Restrict P2P Uploads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the non-sharing-file-sharing-users dept.

Maleko writes "PenTeleData, once an innovator in broadband internet service, (was one of, if not the first cable internet providers in the USA) has decided that their customers need to disable P2P uploads or face possible filtering to stop uploads. DSLReports has the story." While an interesting solution on the part of the ISP, it will definitely increase the number of "leechers" on file-sharing systems.

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  1. I hope my ISP doesn't do this... by darkov · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...it'll ruin my sex life.

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  2. Attention by soreno · · Score: 2, Funny

    All your bandwidth are belong to us.

  3. In other news... by skajake · · Score: 5, Funny

    Due to congestion on interstate highways, and increased road construction costs, Illinois residents will be limited to driving TO their home. Road blocks will be set up to ensure they do not depart from their home... Local authorities state that as more and more people are blockaded in their homes, road congestion will become less of an issue..

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  4. Re:READ THIS AND WEEP by WetCat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Piracy is when armed men take over a ship. Sending bytes through the net is a sharing of intellectual information.

  5. it's not really p2p anymore, is it? by cel4145 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Additionally, PenTeleData may soon implement filters to prevent ProLog Express customers from uploading files to peer-to-peer networks. ProLog Express users who download files from peer-to-peer networks will not lose their ability to download, but once the filters are in place, you will lose the ability to upload files to the peer-to-peer networks.

    imagine, a p2p network where everyone can only download, not upload--there's something wrong with this picture :)

  6. Re:The Chimera of Broadband... by wandernotlost · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, I just love how they redifine english words for the purpose of advertising. Somehow they find a way to limit even the unlimited. Must be, er, innovation.

    Free* Internet Access!!!!!

    * - Free refers to the customer's ability to use the service without a straightjacket and legirons. The cost to the customer is $9.95/minute.

  7. 'merkin acronyms by Snafoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Slashdot eds, you might consider using headlines more accessible to non-americans. When I saw this story I thought, "What? The Palestinian Authority is restricting P2P? Terrorist bastards!"

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