Congressman criticizes Comcast for filtering BitTorrent traffic
In continuation of this topic. Republican Rick Boucher, in an interview with CNET News, said that the provider Comcast should not have to block BitTorrent traffic.
The fact that the company Comcast filters some types of file-sharing traffic, Internet users began talking in the summer. Recently, the problem was again reported by the Associated Press. Reporters of the AR conducted an experiment in which it became clear that attempts to transfer files via BitTorrent via Comcast communication channels were either completely blocked or made it difficult to wait ten minutes to start sending data.
The fact that Comcast blocks traffic, says the subscriber company Robb Topolski. According to Topolsky, the Canadian company Sandvine sells equipment that allows Internet providers to maintain channel width through control and redirection of file-sharing traffic. True, it is not entirely clear whether the provider uses such equipment Comcast.
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One way or another, but now criticized by Comcast Congressman Rick Boucher. According to Boucher, impeding data transfer via BitTorrent, the Comcast provider makes a mistake. The file exchange networks, the congressman notes, are used not only for the exchange of pirated materials, but also for sending large volumes of completely legal materials. In such a situation, it is wrong to prevent data exchange between Internet users.
Meanwhile, the hype raised in connection with the actions of Comcast, led some experts to re-talk about the need to adopt a law on the neutrality of the Network. Such a law should prohibit large telecommunications companies from taking an additional fee for high-speed content delivery from some resources and deliberately worsen communication with others.
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The fact that the company Comcast filters some types of file-sharing traffic, Internet users began talking in the summer. Recently, the problem was again reported by the Associated Press. Reporters of the AR conducted an experiment in which it became clear that attempts to transfer files via BitTorrent via Comcast communication channels were either completely blocked or made it difficult to wait ten minutes to start sending data.
The fact that Comcast blocks traffic, says the subscriber company Robb Topolski. According to Topolsky, the Canadian company Sandvine sells equipment that allows Internet providers to maintain channel width through control and redirection of file-sharing traffic. True, it is not entirely clear whether the provider uses such equipment Comcast.
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One way or another, but now criticized by Comcast Congressman Rick Boucher. According to Boucher, impeding data transfer via BitTorrent, the Comcast provider makes a mistake. The file exchange networks, the congressman notes, are used not only for the exchange of pirated materials, but also for sending large volumes of completely legal materials. In such a situation, it is wrong to prevent data exchange between Internet users.
Meanwhile, the hype raised in connection with the actions of Comcast, led some experts to re-talk about the need to adopt a law on the neutrality of the Network. Such a law should prohibit large telecommunications companies from taking an additional fee for high-speed content delivery from some resources and deliberately worsen communication with others.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/15456/
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