Comcast, Cox Slow BitTorrent Traffic All Day 342
narramissic writes "A study by the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems found that Comcast and Cox Communications are slowing BitTorrent traffic at all times of day, not just peak hours. Comcast was found to be interrupting at least 30% of BitTorrent upload attempts around the clock. At noon, Comcast was interfering with more than 80% of BitTorrent traffic, but it was also slowing more than 60% of BitTorrent traffic at other times, including midnight, 3 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time in the U.S., the time zone where Comcast is based. Cox was interfering with 100% of the BitTorrent traffic at 1 a.m., 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. Eastern Time. Comcast spokeswoman Sena Fitzmaurice downplayed the results saying, 'P-to-p traffic doesn't necessarily follow normal traffic flows.'"
Daily Comcast Rant (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, perfect example of a Troll (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Wow, perfect example of a Troll (Score:4, Funny)
It somehow manages to push so many buttons that people who should know better reply to it before engaging their brains.
Now that I think about it, your post may also be a troll, and maybe it's so elegant that I've failed to recognize it as such prior to replying to it. Perhaps now I'm feeding a troll that was itself replying to a previous troll. Whoa. I think I need to go lay down, my mind has just been totally blown.
quiet you! (Score:2, Funny)
Comcast, Cox Slow BitTorrent Traffic All Day (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Good-NOT EXACTLY (Score:5, Funny)
Actually it's information superhighway robbery.
Re:Good (Score:2, Funny)
You have always on, high speed access to the atmosphere. However, we're going to block your access to oxygen. I'm sure you wont mind, its for the good of the entire atmosphere.
Re:Good (Score:3, Funny)
I hope you don't mind-- I just stole-pasted your last sentence.
Re:Not even 100%. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wow, perfect example of a Troll (Score:4, Funny)