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ISP's War On BitTorrent Hits World of Warcraft

Posted by Soulskill on from the collateral-damage dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Canadian Internet users have the prospect of a metered Internet looming over their head, and now World of Warcraft players who use Rogers Communications as their ISP are encountering serious throttling. The culprit seems to be Rogers' determination to go after BitTorrent. WoW uses BitTorrent as a utility to update game files — something most users probably aren't even aware of."

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  1. What do you expect? by taktoa · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's Canada.