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BitTorrent blocking goes north: Canadian ISP (Bell) admits to throttling P2P
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| Chris Allen |
| quote: | In response to consumer complaints posted in the company's official forum, Canadian ISP Bell Sympatico has admitted that it uses bandwidth throttling technologies to impose limitations on peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing during peak hours. This revelation is further evidence that net neutrality—the principle of equal treatment for all traffic through a network—is eroding.
"[W]e are now using a Internet Traffic Management to restrict accounts that are using a large portion of bandwidth during peak hours," a Sympatico forum administrator wrote in response to a user complaint. The forum administrator also provides a list of affected applications, which includes BitTorrent, Gnutella, Limewire, Kazaa, and other widely-used P2P applications. Readers of Broadband Reports had been suspicious for some time that the ISP was throttling traffic. |
Full Story: HERE
ing Bell... |
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| E2EK1EL |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chris Allen
Full Story: HERE
ing Bell... |
It's better then being throttled 24/7 by Rogers |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
It's better then being throttled 24/7 by Rogers |
+1
I'm downloading right now at 100kb/s (uploading 40kb/s) and i'm thinking that this is awesome :D haha |
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| chinamon |
| im with rogers and sometimes i can download 300+ KB/s with torrents but i cant seed for . |
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| El K Dee |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
im with rogers and sometimes i can download 300+ KB/s with torrents but i cant seed for . |
540+ kBps here the other day on rogers...
average is 250 or so |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by El K Dee
540+ kBps here the other day on rogers...
average is 250 or so |
My friend can download close to 2mBps
It's pathetic |
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| Chris Allen |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
It's better then being throttled 24/7 by Rogers |
True.
However Bell is continually getting sneakier and sneakier.
I found out that my account has a cap of 60GB/month, when the contract clearly stipulates that it's unlimited.
They won't enforce unless you're going over 250GB on a consistent basis however, but it's still a shady practice.
What ever happened to loyal and trustworthy companies not looking to screw over their own customers :( |
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| patpicos |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chris Allen
True.
However Bell is continually getting sneakier and sneakier.
I found out that my account has a cap of 60GB/month, when the contract clearly stipulates that it's unlimited.
They won't enforce unless you're going over 250GB on a consistent basis however, but it's still a shady practice.
What ever happened to loyal and trustworthy companies not looking to screw over their own customers :( |
no such thing as unlimited nemore. I think bell now puts 60gb in their eula or whatnot
i got disconnected from cogeco for going at 100GB over 60GB quota |
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| Shaya007 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chris Allen
True.
...What ever happened to loyal and trustworthy companies not looking to screw over their own customers :( |
we're in the year 2007 friend, not 1947
lol! |
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| El K Dee |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
My friend can download close to 2mBps
It's pathetic |
what provider and whereabouts???
keep in mind i share the net with 3 others and we all use torrents |
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| djbruuen |
agreed, YOU BELL!
i'd appreciate some better options! ;) |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by El K Dee
what provider and whereabouts???
keep in mind i share the net with 3 others and we all use torrents |
He has a program which lets you connect to multiple connects at once. I forget what its called.
So essentially, you can connect to like 10 wireless unencryted connections at once, and he lives in a Condo by Skydome so its easy to connect to dozens at once... |
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