Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin says his agency will investigate allegations that Comcast blocks and slows access to the popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing service.
If they need a witness, I can be available. I had express permission from a bandleader (I was on the phone with him) to use the BT service to download some shows. The connection was completely choked off as soon as I started, and I never did get those recordings.
I approached some Comcast people at the EPB Fiber meeting and asked them about their throttling of bittorrent traffic their response was basically indifference, coupled with the advice to "get a business account." They didn't deny it was happening, and admitted that there was no way to distinguish legal and illegal uses. But they didn't care.
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If they need a witness, I can be available. I had express permission from a bandleader (I was on the phone with him) to use the BT service to download some shows. The connection was completely choked off as soon as I started, and I never did get those recordings.
I approached some Comcast people at the EPB Fiber meeting and asked them about their throttling of bittorrent traffic their response was basically indifference, coupled with the advice to "get a business account." They didn't deny it was happening, and admitted that there was no way to distinguish legal and illegal uses. But they didn't care.
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