New research concerning ISPs’ BitTorrent throttling habits indicates Comcast took the FCC’s 2008 slap on the wrist seriously, dramatically reducing its practice of slowing BitTorrent data. Other ISPs such as Clearwire, Canada’s Rogers Communications and overseas providers were found to be throttling BitTorrent users. The report, released by Measurement Lab looked at data from the second quarter of 2008 through the first quarter of 2010. Researchers wanted to find out which ISPs were limiting the speed of BitTorrent traffic and by how much.
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Cutting the Throttle: US ISPs Loosen Up With BitTorrent
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani October 24, 2011 11:05 AMNew research concerning ISPs’ BitTorrent throttling habits indicates Comcast took the FCC’s 2008 slap on the wrist seriously, dramatically reducing its practice of slowing BitTorrent data. Other ISPs such as Clearwire, Canada’s Rogers Communications and overseas providers were found to be throttling BitTorrent users. The report, released by Measurement Lab looked at data from the second quarter of 2008 through the first quarter of 2010. Researchers wanted to find out which ISPs were limiting the speed of BitTorrent traffic and by how much.