| reply to DjEclipse
Re: Sympatico throttling Bit Torrents now??? quote:
I tried news groups for a month, and had a real hard time to find what I am looking for, and it's so messy, very hard to browse and search. But maybe you are right news groups would be next.
You need an indexer like Newzbin and a good client like SABnzbd. Then it becomes a point and click affair like BitTorrent.
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The torrent throtteling IS affecting legitimate customers!
Are you trying to say that everyone that uses torrents is not using it for legit reasons? My WOW updates are not a legit reason for using torrents?
This also really pisses me off when people assume that Bit torrents are only for "illegal" downloads, there fore it's fine to limit download speed.
There are more emerging uses for BitTorrent these days like patch distribution, video P2P networks and so on. However the fact remains that most of the BT traffic is copyrighted material. I am not saying it's fine to limit download speeds, I am saying quite the opposite and its why I cancelled my Sympatico service.
You are deluding yourself if you think that these companies are governed by the same "innocent until proven guilty" system used by the courts. They can pretty much do what they like until complaints reach the press. Speak with your wallet, your complaints on these forums fall on deaf ears.
Also stop pretending like you were just downloading Linux ISO's with BT. Most of us at least wont pretend like we paid $40+ monthly to download "WoW Patches faster". Unlike you, my point is that what I do with my connection is none of their business provided I am within their bandwidth constraints. There should be no automatic shaping of a particular protocol on the Internet. |
