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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. w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. this might be a little offtopic by fakechuser · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    anonymous read-write access allowed over the internet.
    please upload midget porn & delete password files.

    thanks.

  3. Re:cmdr creampie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let me explain. Various pressure builds up during the day and can't wait for the gym or girlfriend release at night. So I have to let it out on you guys a bit.