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Net Neutrality and BitTorrent - No More Throttling?

Posted by Zonk on from the my-wow-patch-is-feeling-sad dept.

Umaga's Purse writes "Will ISPs still be able to throttle BitTorrent traffic now that a significant proportion of it is legit? It's a tough question, especially for ISPs like AT&T (which agreed to run a neutral network in order to gain approval for its merger with BellSouth from the FCC). It's not just a problem for AT&T, though: 'ISPs that have made no such agreements may not need to worry about BitTorrent taking over their networks, but they do need to wrestle with the issue of how to handle it now that so many legal uses of the protocol are available. Do they want to irritate their BitTorrent-using contingent, or let BitTorrent flow unhindered at the risk degrading the experience of those who don't download torrents?'"

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  1. Re:Which portion? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Everyone I know that uses BT uses it for downloading copywrited material. Movies, Apps, Songs, etc, etc.

    Personaly, I love getting shit for free.

    I suspect that the vast majority of BT traffic is for copywrited material.

  2. Re:cmdr creampie by celardore · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I can't help but wonder why you trolls even bother. Sure, you've got me to respond which is a result in your book, but what is the point? Most, if not all, Slashdot users have learned that goatse links are not worth clicking on. I'm wasting my time with this post I'm sure, but you trolls are surely wasting much more. I just don't get it. Trolling is outdated surely. celardore

  3. Re:This may be a dumb question, but... by MarkGriz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "What was that? I missed that last sentence, stupid &*%^^&*( Verizon!"

    There you go, sticking your 0.02 cents in.

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