Comcast throttles BitTorrent users

It looks like Comcast, America's biggest cable network, has put the squeeze on BitTorrent users.

On Friday, the widely-read BitTorrent blog TorrentFreak reported that many Comcast users were unable to "seed" their BitTorrent downloads, which severely slows the exchange of music and video over the popular P2P protocol. Comcast has denied any-wrongdoing, but hundreds of BitTorrent mavens continue to complain.



"Over the past weeks more and more Comcast users started to notice that their BitTorrent transfers were cut off," wrote Ernesto, the mononym behind TorrentFreak. "Most users report a significant decrease in download speeds, and even worse, they are unable to seed their downloads. A nightmare for people who want to keep up a positive ratio at private trackers and for the speed of BitTorrent transfers in general."


Source:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/22/comcast_throttles_bittorrent_users/


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