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Comcast, Cox Slow BitTorrent Traffic All Day

Posted by timothy on from the enhancing-consumerness dept.

narramissic writes "A study by the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems found that Comcast and Cox Communications are slowing BitTorrent traffic at all times of day, not just peak hours. Comcast was found to be interrupting at least 30% of BitTorrent upload attempts around the clock. At noon, Comcast was interfering with more than 80% of BitTorrent traffic, but it was also slowing more than 60% of BitTorrent traffic at other times, including midnight, 3 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time in the U.S., the time zone where Comcast is based. Cox was interfering with 100% of the BitTorrent traffic at 1 a.m., 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. Eastern Time. Comcast spokeswoman Sena Fitzmaurice downplayed the results saying, 'P-to-p traffic doesn't necessarily follow normal traffic flows.'"

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  1. Daily Comcast Rant by urcreepyneighbor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comcast issued a statement repeating its earlier position that it "does not, has not, and will not block any Web sites or online applications," including BitTorrent. That's no different than amputating a man's legs and then demanding he thank you for not murdering him.
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    "The fight for freedom has only just begun." - Geert Wilders
  2. Wow, perfect example of a Troll by Tmack · · Score: 2, Funny
    This post should be saved as the definition of "Trolling". It blatantly hits all the points /.'ers would most vehemently defend. Just look at all the biters, a true sign of a successful trolling. Good job. I commend you. :)

    tm

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    1. Re:Wow, perfect example of a Troll by eln · · Score: 3, Funny

      The sad part (or is it the elegant part?) is the troll is so completely transparent, and yet so many bite on it without thinking about whether or not it could be a troll.

      It somehow manages to push so many buttons that people who should know better reply to it before engaging their brains.

      Now that I think about it, your post may also be a troll, and maybe it's so elegant that I've failed to recognize it as such prior to replying to it. Perhaps now I'm feeding a troll that was itself replying to a previous troll. Whoa. I think I need to go lay down, my mind has just been totally blown.

    2. Re:Wow, perfect example of a Troll by n+dot+l · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't feed the meta-troll!

  3. quiet you! by azzuth · · Score: 2, Funny

    shhh.. don't mention news groups, no one needs to know about them. you're gonna mess it up for all of us. ;)

  4. Comcast, Cox Slow BitTorrent Traffic All Day by alxkit · · Score: 5, Funny

    better title: `cox blocks around the clocks`

  5. Re:Good-NOT EXACTLY by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Funny

    What Comcast is doing IS highway robbery.

    Actually it's information superhighway robbery.

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    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
  6. Re:Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >Let's explain this one. Is your connection always on? Yes. Do you have high speed access to the Internet? Yes. Do you always have high speed access to a specific protocol on the Internet NO.

    You have always on, high speed access to the atmosphere. However, we're going to block your access to oxygen. I'm sure you wont mind, its for the good of the entire atmosphere.

  7. Re:Good by startled · · Score: 2, Funny

    And fuck your nitpicking - copying is stealing. Period.

    I hope you don't mind-- I just stole-pasted your last sentence.

  8. Re:Not even 100%. by Xanius · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only downloading at 300KB/s? My average speed on torrents when downloading TV shows I miss is 1.4MB/s(Megabytes since you want to point it out).