Comments on: Comcast Partners with BitTorrent Inc., Lifting Throttles http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/ Tech News, Social Media & Politics From a Geek Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: FCC: ‘Comcast Blocked Torrent Traffic Outside of Peak Usage’ http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/#comment-43335 FCC: ‘Comcast Blocked Torrent Traffic Outside of Peak Usage’ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:29:32 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/#comment-43335 [...] larger geographic regions. If you recall, Comcast attempted to scurry around federal regulators by lifting the throttles and will be partnering with BitTorrent [...] [...] larger geographic regions. If you recall, Comcast attempted to scurry around federal regulators by lifting the throttles and will be partnering with BitTorrent [...]

]]> By: Bittorrent » Comcast Partners with BitTorrent Inc., Lifting Throttles http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/#comment-43274 Bittorrent » Comcast Partners with BitTorrent Inc., Lifting Throttles Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:58:39 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/#comment-43274 [...] Joe wrote an interesting post today on Comcast Partners with BitTorrent Inc., Lifting ThrottlesHere’s a quick excerptComcast, a national broadband provider, was repeatedly criticized for slowing down BitTorrent traffic by means of packet shaping. Recently, they agreed to lift throttles placed on all users who download Torrents and only limit access to … [...] [...] Joe wrote an interesting post today on Comcast Partners with BitTorrent Inc., Lifting ThrottlesHere’s a quick excerptComcast, a national broadband provider, was repeatedly criticized for slowing down BitTorrent traffic by means of packet shaping. Recently, they agreed to lift throttles placed on all users who download Torrents and only limit access to … [...]

]]> By: Junkyard Willie http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/#comment-43265 Junkyard Willie Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:52:35 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/#comment-43265 This is part of something else still in the works. If anyone thinks that Comcast would ever do anything for the benefit of its customers, they need to share some of whatever they're smoking with me. I want to go to that magic world too. The only thing Comcast has ever or will ever care about is overselling bandwidth to grandmothers who only ever check their email once a month. My guess is that this is part of some sort of pre-emptive strategy to corner some stupid segment of the market for digital distribution or HD streaming. This is part of something else still in the works. If anyone thinks that Comcast would ever do anything for the benefit of its customers, they need to share some of whatever they’re smoking with me. I want to go to that magic world too.

The only thing Comcast has ever or will ever care about is overselling bandwidth to grandmothers who only ever check their email once a month.

My guess is that this is part of some sort of pre-emptive strategy to corner some stupid segment of the market for digital distribution or HD streaming.

]]> By: Joe http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/#comment-43262 Joe Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:19:43 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/#comment-43262 Thanks, JW! Glad to hear that torrents are working for Comcast users, just as noted in a press release. ~Joe Thanks, JW!

Glad to hear that torrents are working for Comcast users, just as noted in a press release.

~Joe

]]> By: Junkyard Willie http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/#comment-43250 Junkyard Willie Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:27:38 +0000 http://www.joemanna.com/blog/comcast-partners-with-bittorrent-inc-lifting-throttles/#comment-43250 Yeah, I downloaded some uh... linux distros... and got pretty good speeds. Yeah, I downloaded some uh… linux distros… and got pretty good speeds.

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