[freenet-chat] TorrentFreak: Comcast/Sandvine block bittorrent seeding

[Taka Khumbartha]

Matthew Toseland @ 2007/09/07 05:49:
> Seems to be on a traffic analysis level as it works on encrypted bittorrent - 
> I wonder if this would block Freenet?
> 
> http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-throttles-bittorrent-traffic-seeding-impossible/
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18323368-Comcast-is-using-Sandvine-to-manage-P2P-Connections
> 

sadly, this is most likely the beginning of the end of net neutrality[1], something comcast is known to be against.  at&t, verizon, and now the US Justice dept. are also against it.  google & microsoft are some big ones in support of it.

also, see the recent at&t censorship of pearl jam's anti-bush rhetoric, from about a month ago[2]

it's happening everywhere, and it needs to end.

see http://www.savetheinternet.com/ also


1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality
2. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/08/09/att-plays-gatekeeper-censors-pearl-jam/

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