Net Neutrality and BitTorrent - No More Throttling? 243
Umaga's Purse writes "Will ISPs still be able to throttle BitTorrent traffic now that a significant proportion of it is legit? It's a tough question, especially for ISPs like AT&T (which agreed to run a neutral network in order to gain approval for its merger with BellSouth from the FCC). It's not just a problem for AT&T, though: 'ISPs that have made no such agreements may not need to worry about BitTorrent taking over their networks, but they do need to wrestle with the issue of how to handle it now that so many legal uses of the protocol are available. Do they want to irritate their BitTorrent-using contingent, or let BitTorrent flow unhindered at the risk degrading the experience of those who don't download torrents?'"
Re:This may be a dumb question, but... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Which portion? (Score:4, Funny)
Skynet (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Correct me if I'm wrong... (Score:3, Funny)
And I don't blame them, as no one else really seems to agree on what the phrase "network neutrality" is supposed to mean, or even how it should be capitalized.
Re:Important Message to ISP's: (Score:3, Funny)
You've just made my list, pal.