Max Planck Institute

Comcast, StarHub Throttling BitTorrent to over Half Their Subscribers

Stevie Converse — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:30:21 -0400

Full article: TelecomTV
Comcast routinely cuts the BitTorrent connections of more than half of the cable company's broadband subscribers, despite claiming otherwise.

Comcast, Cox Caught Blocking BitTorrent

Stevie Converse — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:10:50 -0400

Full article: Consumer Affairs
Martin H. Bosworth
Comcast Cable and Cox Communications have both been found to employ technologies that block or slow customers' access to the BitTorrent file-sharing engine, according to a new report.

New Study Shows FCC Needs to Act on Comcast Blocking

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:36:52 -0400

Full article: Public Knowledge
The Max Planck Institute Internet traffic study is further proof that the largest cable companies are hiding behind 'network management' excuses when caught throttling the legitimate traffic of their customers.

Cox, Comcast Biggest BitTorrent Blockers in the World

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:18:28 -0400

Full article: Ars technica
Nate Anderson
One limit of the testing done by the Max Planck Institute on Internet traffic is that it can't uncover throttling or shaping of any kind, so the researchers note that their work represents a strongly conservative estimate of the number of ISPs who interfere with P2P traffic.

Comcast Lied to FCC, Blocks BitTorrent Traffic 24/7

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:56:14 -0400

Full article: TorrentFreak
New data on Comcast’s interference with BitTorrent traffic shows that the company misinformed the FCC this February. Comcast has always argued that BitTorrent upstream traffic was only blocked during periods of heavy network traffic, this turns out to be a lie.

Cox, Comcast Accused of More BitTorrent Blocking

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:51:03 -0400

Full article: eWeek
Roy Mark
A global study of Internet traffic found widespread blocking of BitTorrent transfers only in the United States and Singapore. And most of the U.S. hosts observed blocking are located in Comcast and Cox networks.

Cox Caught Blocking BitTorrent

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:41:27 -0400

Full article: NewTeeVee
Janko Roettgers
Comcast has in the past defended its measures stating that it would only interfere with BitTorrent to minimize network congestion. That’s not true, according to the German researchers.

Comcast, Cox Slow BitTorrent Traffic Around the Clock, Study Finds

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:20:23 -0400

Full article: IDG News Service
Grant Gross
U.S. cable broadband providers Comcast and Cox Communications are slowing BitTorrent traffic at all times of the day, not just during peak traffic, according to a new study by a German computer research group.

Study Says Some File-Sharing Uploads Hindered

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:15:30 -0400

Full article: Reuters
Peter Kaplan
A new study reinforced allegations that Comcast is hindering some file-sharing services, such as BitTorrent, that distribute television shows, movies and other large files over its network.

Study Finds Comcast, Cox Interfering with File-Sharing Traffic

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:06:19 -0400

Full article: DigitalMediaWire
Mark Hefflinger
Despite Comcast's initial response that it was only managing network traffic at peak congestion hours, a study found Comcast and Cox to be blocking file-sharing at all hours of the day.