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Comcast Hinders BitTorrent Traffic

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the whoa-there-fella dept.

FsG writes "Over the past few weeks, more and more Comcast users have reported that their BitTorrent traffic is severely throttled and they are totally unable to seed. Comcast doesn't seem to discriminate between legitimate and infringing torrent traffic, and most of the BitTorrent encryption techniques in use today aren't helping. If more ISPs adopt their strategy, could this mean the end of BitTorrent?"

2 of 537 comments (clear)

  1. Torrents? by morari · · Score: 0, Troll

    We should be kicking all of those MMORPGs and retarded-ass YouTube vidoes off of the networks instead!

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  2. Re:Dial-up's design is actually safer downloading by janrinok · · Score: 0, Troll

    And that's the most intelligent reply that I have seen for quite a few hours now. Thank you for restoring my faith in humanity!

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