BitTorrent 'throttling ISPs'
- added April 22, 2008
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The popular BitTorrent client Azureus last month released a plugin which helped its users distignuish between the good and bad ISPs for their connectivity and performance.
Over 8,000 users collected one million hours worth of data with the preliminary results to confirm that Comcast 'continues to use TCP-resets to manage BitTorrent traffic on their network.'
The findings also show that Comcast is not alone in its TCP-resetting protocols, and although more predominantly seen in the US, such resets are do still happen in the UK.
They are open that the data is not conclusive, and that although the plugin 'detects all TCP resets on a connectio' it doesn't 'make a distinction between BitTorrent and other traffic.'
Over 8,000 users collected one million hours worth of data with the preliminary results to confirm that Comcast 'continues to use TCP-resets to manage BitTorrent traffic on their network.'
The findings also show that Comcast is not alone in its TCP-resetting protocols, and although more predominantly seen in the US, such resets are do still happen in the UK.
They are open that the data is not conclusive, and that although the plugin 'detects all TCP resets on a connectio' it doesn't 'make a distinction between BitTorrent and other traffic.'
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