… more than two years, Comcast’s BitTorrent throttling practices and their implications for Net Neutrality are still making … was attempting to stop copyright infringement with their throttling practices, aside from the network management purpose it served. …
… this suggests that taking technical measures (3 strikes, throttling) on the basis that a subscriber has been ‘caught’ multiple times, …
… Comcast BitTorrent throttling story is one of the major case studies for net neutrality. More than … ago, reports surfaced on what appeared to be the throttling of BitTorrent connections by Comcast. The throttling, first discovered by Rob Toplowski, was confirmed by TorrentFreak, …
… have been throttling BitTorrent traffic for years already. Although the true reasons for … love,” he said, while encouraging users to switch to non throttling ISPs if possible, or complain to their ISP’s customer services. … to look for solutions that would eliminate the need for throttling entirely, solving the problem at its root. This is where uTP …
… decide which action to take. Smart money right now is on throttling the connection speeds of file-sharers as an absolute last resort, …
… a basic level of Internet access for alleged pirates but throttling their bandwidth so that file-sharing would become … Artists Coalition and also UK Music likely to support throttling instead of disconnections, there appears to be a unified voice … will fail to respond to threats (even reduced ones such as throttling), there will be even stronger objections to the stance taken by the …
During August the music industry sent an email to several ISPs in Ireland, demanding that the companies block their users’ access to The Pirate Bay or face legal action. While UPC and BT Ireland denied the request, Eircom, Ireland’s largest ISP, alrea …
uTorrent for Windows saw its first public release in September 2005, and soon became the most widely used BitTorrent application by far. Recent estimates show that uTorrent is the client of choice for more than half of all active BitTorrent users. Needl …
… ISPs are rarely transparent when it comes to their throttling, capping and other interfering behaviors, but in Canada they had to …
Earlier this year Ireland’s RIAA, IRMA, and the country’s largest ISP, Eircom, reached a private agreement to implement 3 strikes for alleged pirates. Eircom felt this agreement would put it at a competitive disadvantage, so part of the deal would …
… backtracked, suggesting they would accept some type of throttling instead, but that fell largely on deaf ears too. Then new Coalition …
