Comcast Helps Fix Pirate Bay Connection Problems

MagusSlurpy writes "Far from blocking The Pirate Bay, Comcast was just one of several ISPs on which TPB was unreachable today. Comcast reached out to the torrent site, and its engineers provided technical support, eventually determining that the connectivity issues stemmed from a reverse path filtering issue at an intermediate ISP, Serious Tubes Networks."

Comments

Seriously?

[bky1701]

"Serious Tubes Networks"? What is it, an ISP run by /b/tards?

Although, really, it is rare to see a company, especially (like) Comcast, actually doing something good for users. Going out of their way to fix the connection to the Pirate Bay - that's a pretty ballsy move, and they should get some credit for it.

Of course Comcast "helped" TPB...

[Frosty Piss]

Having TPB "down" seriously impacts the business model of the folks suing alleged p2p down-loaders. There for, it was ESSENTIAL that they have one of their proxies "help" TPB straighten out their issue. A lot of lawyers livelihood depends on TPB connectivity.

Re:I'm confused.

[pushing-robot]

Rule of Aquisition #76: Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.

Re:Hahaha have some crow

[mwvdlee]

Those evil bastards!

First they provide a good service for a fair price. Then when you're used to it, they keep providing the same service.

How dare they!