nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
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Re: Solutions?
said by TScheisskopf  :You know, there ARE legitimate uses of BitTorrent. as far as comcast is concerned, so what.
comcast and others are throttling bittorrent for two reasons:
1. they can get away with it because bittorrent has been so vilified by the content industry, that anyone that supports using bittorrent MUST be a pirate - this doesn't cause a big stink in the main stream media because they are battling pirates, not violating network neutrality; they also get away with it because there is so little competition in the U.S., pissed off customers have no other ISPs to go to
2. bittorrent uses bandwidth and by throttling one of the primary applications using that bandwidth they reduce bandwidth demands on their system |
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TScheisskopf
World News Trust
join:2005-02-13
Belvidere, NJ | I suspect it has much more to do with oversold nodes than anything else.
"We're gonna give you 12Mbs down, but don't you DARE use it! You pay to HAVE the 12Mbs service, not actually download anything more than a webpage with it." |
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magusat999
join:2005-07-08
Oakland, CA
| said by TScheisskopf :I suspect it has much more to do with oversold nodes than anything else. "We're gonna give you 12Mbs down, but don't you DARE use it! You pay to HAVE the 12Mbs service, not actually download anything more than a webpage with it." My sentiments exactly - I'm surprised some idiot didn't respond with "Show me in the TOS where it says 'Unlimited"..." - which is the usual stupid reply to the type of statement you are making. I could car less what's in a TOS - if I am paying for something, I want and expect to use every last bit of what I paid for. If Comcrap cannot provide my 8+mbps, and I have been using all of the bandwidth I am paying for, 24/7 for 500 years straight - I should not be penalized! It's Comcast that failed to be able to deliver (or just flat out lied about it) the service they sold to people, and it's COMCAST who should bite the bullet for it! |
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SimonGibson
join:2007-11-17
Crystal Lake, IL
| reply to TScheisskopf
said by TScheisskopf :I suspect it has much more to do with oversold nodes than anything else. "We're gonna give you 12Mbs down, but don't you DARE use it! You pay to HAVE the 12Mbs service, not actually download anything more than a webpage with it." This happens in UK with British Telecom's DSL service - My elderly aunt couldn't understand why she kept loosing her connection - She was merely browsing and e-mail - Turns out the hardware just couldn't cope with the bandwidth demand in a small rural area - A few terse phone calls to BT explaining that the elderly lady had some very tech savvy family ready to turn it into an issue... |
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