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Comcast throttles BitTorrent traffic
It appears that Comcast has stepped up their fight against BitTorrent by outright cutting off users’ transfers and blocking their ability to seed downloads.
ISPs have been limiting the available bandwidth for BitTorrent traffic for almost two years now, according to TorrentFreak, and though BitTorrent protocol encryption seems to work against most forms of traffic shaping, Comcast’s more aggressive throttling methods can’t be circumvented just as easy.
It is reported that Comcast is using an application from Sandvine to throttle BitTorrent traffic. Sandvine breaks every (seed) connection with new peers after a few seconds if it’s not a Comcast user. This makes it virtually impossible to seed a file, especially in small swarms without any Comcast users.
ISPs have long argued that bandwidth-hungry P2P applications can cripple their network and thus some controls are due in order to make the experience good for all users. However, customers aren’t likely to agree that limiting their internet connections is an acceptable solution.
TorrentFreak says setting up a secure connection through VPN or over SSH seems to be the only workarounds for Comcast’s throttling methods.
ISPs have been limiting the available bandwidth for BitTorrent traffic for almost two years now, according to TorrentFreak, and though BitTorrent protocol encryption seems to work against most forms of traffic shaping, Comcast’s more aggressive throttling methods can’t be circumvented just as easy.
It is reported that Comcast is using an application from Sandvine to throttle BitTorrent traffic. Sandvine breaks every (seed) connection with new peers after a few seconds if it’s not a Comcast user. This makes it virtually impossible to seed a file, especially in small swarms without any Comcast users.
ISPs have long argued that bandwidth-hungry P2P applications can cripple their network and thus some controls are due in order to make the experience good for all users. However, customers aren’t likely to agree that limiting their internet connections is an acceptable solution.
TorrentFreak says setting up a secure connection through VPN or over SSH seems to be the only workarounds for Comcast’s throttling methods.
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User Comments (2)
Post a comment| Jibberish18 on August 20, 2007 3:27 PM | So how exactly is a torrent crippling their networks? Is it
because of the seeding or the downloading? I can't imagine
it's the downloading because if I wanted to I could stream
or download HD movies that are amazingly big every day of
the week. Although I have heard of consumers who download
too much (In the eyes of Comcast that is) will receive a
warning from Comcast even though they tell you that their is
no Cap on your downloading or uploading.
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| ---agissi--- on August 21, 2007 9:01 PM | Soo basically they're stopping users from using all of the
advertised bandwidth they are entitled to.. because its
become the new fad (sort of) that the common public is now
able to do. I dont even torrent one bit but I'm strongly
against that.
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