ISP Rise Against P2P Users

bananaendian writes "Spencer Kelly from BBC's Click program writes about the emerging backslash against high bandwidth P2P users. Apparently it has been estimates that up to one third of internet's traffic is caused by BitTorrent file-sharing program. Especially ISPs who are leasing their bandwidth by the megabyte are more inclined to resort to 'shaping your traffic' by throttling ports, setting bandwidth limits or even classifying accounts according services used. What is your ISPs policy regarding P2P and is it fair for them to put restrictions and conditions on its use."

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No special policy

[Crizp]

My ISP has no special policy, neither does any other Norwegian ISP I know of. If one should ever try and implement some bandwidth restriction it would be Telenor, seeing as they're the most "evil" telco here (i.e. most American-like). But that's just a hunch, NextGenTel would probably be one of them as well.

My ISP started out as a tiny "neighbourhood" company, and got bought out by Norway's most decent large ISP - reknowned by techies for their line quality. Customer service did go down the drain, but the lines are still good.

If an ISP here should try restrictions, there'd be an uproar, I'm sure. Telenor tried the "metered by the gig" subscription for a while but had to toss it when no-one else did it. While a bunch of pussies politically, us Norwegians are good at getting what we're paying for. "Hey, we paid for 2Mb, you're saying we can't _use_ those 2Mb as we please? And not actually use the full bandwidth all the time? Screw you!" Our "consumer rights agency" would stomp down hard on anyone trying.

Re:Just so I understand...

[aminorex]

Advertise a 5MB pipe for 39.95, and you should provide one. Hiding behind fine print that you had a lawyer write, knowing that 0% of the clients are going to take it to counsel for an interpretation is a slimeball tactic. It's legal, but it is immoral. The real contract is the offer and acceptance. The legal contract is not worth the shit your lawyer has for brains. I know the shit contract is the one the shit courts enforce. That doesn't change the moral picture. When these guys meet the white-throne judgement, they'll all burn in hell.