Comcast really does block BitTorrent traffic after all
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Comcast for months has denied blocking BitTorrent traffic, but new tests show that it takes aggressive filtering steps that AT&T, Time Warner Cable, and Cablevision do not.
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Windows XP Service Pack 2 gets a 'hotfix' for VPNs, part of the \
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Comcast Corp  said on  Wednesday that it would cooperate with an investigation by U.S.  regulators into how it manages some Internet traffic on its  network, but again denied it had interfered with file-sharing  services.
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Net safe thanks to technology called Anycast Last month's attack on at least six of the net's root servers was formidable, but thanks to the implementation of a technology designed to protect the infrastructure, only two were affected, according to a factsheet issued today by ICANN.â¦
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Comcast simultaneously admitted and defended its practice of throttling peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic in comments filed with the Federal Communication Commission on Tuesday. The comments respond to petitions filed by public-interest groups and the Internet video company Vuze.
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Grist to the Viacom-YouTube mill? A permanent injunction has been imposed on the distributor of the Morpheus file-sharing software. A US court ruled yesterday that StreamCast Inc. must use "the most effective means available to reduce the infringing capabilities of the system."â¦
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The Federal Communications Commission will investigate whether Comcast is interfering with its subscribersâ attempts to use a popular online file-sharing program.
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Use of a peer-to-peer program called BitTorrent is way up--and that could be bad news for opponents of file sharing.
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Contracts my dear boy, contracts One of the key benefits for BitTorrrent users around the world, was the parity that it achieved in bringing US content to a global audience, albeit mostly in pirated works. Now the new legal BitTorrent service, launched with fanfare this week, received an almost unanimous thumbs down for being unoriginal and unexciting, and that key benefit has been at least temporarily removed.â¦
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With a new CEO, a new protocol that allows video to play while it downloads, and a new business providing file distribution services to content companies, BitTorrent is ready to go legit. But can it succeed where other peer-to-peer companies have failed?
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Comcast said yesterday that it purposely slows down some traffic on its network, including some music and movie downloads, an admission that sparked more controversy in the debate over how much control network operators should have over the Internet.
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Makes a hash of it As TorrentSpy continues to fight a lawsuit by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), founders of the popular video download site have announced a new filtering system that allows content owners to remove pirated material from the siteâs search results.â¦
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The file swapping network BitTorrent has lost most, if not all, of its Hub connections. The quick change in status is believed to be directly correlated with the MPAA threats of legal action if the network continued to operate.
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An Associated Press reporter ran a test of two computers connected to the Internet with Comcast cable modems in Philadelphia and San Francisco, in order to see if reports of the cable provider blocking file sharing programs were true.
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Other download services might be scared, though -- not to mention the cable company.
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When you sign up with a high-bandwidth service plan with an ISP, you'd think you'd be able to transfer data at the advertised speeds. That's not always the case.
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Gobble up too much bandwidth, and Comcast is cutting you off.