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Cable Packet Shaping Causing Slowdowns

Posted by kdawson on from the not-exactly-neutral dept.

knorthern knight writes "To counter P2P programs that encrypt their traffic to evade detection, Rogers Cable in Canada has apparently started degrading all encrypted IP traffic, according to a post on Michael Geist's blog. How many of you log in to work over a VPN or ssh-tunnel? How many get usenet news or email over an encrypted connection? This could be a problem for Rogers Cable customers. Geist, who teaches at U of Ottawa, has 'been advised that the University computer help desk has received a steady stream of complaints from Rogers customers about off-campus email service.'"

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  1. This is Cute by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Funny
    Clicked on the link for Michael's site, and got:

    Michael Geist

    This site is temporarily unavailable. Please notify the System Administrator

    And just how are you supposed to to that?

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    1. Re:This is Cute by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Funny

      This site is temporarily unavailable. Please notify the System Administrator
      And just how are you supposed to to that?

      Post it to slashdot. Obviously the sysadmin is slacking off, so that probably means he is reading slashdot.
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