Max Planck Institute

Comcast, StarHub Throttling BitTorrent to over Half Their Subscribers

Stevie Converse — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:30:21 -0700

Comcast routinely cuts the BitTorrent connections of more than half of the cable company's broadband subscribers, despite claiming otherwise, it was claimed in testimony before the US Federal Communications Commission.

Comcast, Cox Caught Blocking BitTorrent

Stevie Converse — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:10:50 -0700

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 08:36:52 -0700

The Max Planck Institute has released a new survey of worldwide BitTorrent traffic finding that Comcast and Cox are the chief offenders for throttling traffic, and that they block at all hours of the day and night.

The study is here:
http://broadband.mpi-sws.mpg.de/transparency/results/

The following statement is attributed to Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge:

Cox, Comcast Biggest BitTorrent Blockers in the World

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:18:28 -0700

US ISPs are generally perceived by users here to offer unlimited and fairly neutral connections to the 'Net for a monthly fee. Or they were, anyway, until Comcast admitted that it was "delaying" P2P traffic at peak times. New research from Germany now demonstrates that it's not just Comcast; Cox is getting a piece of the P2P blocking action, too.

Comcast Lied to FCC, Blocks BitTorrent Traffic 24/7

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:56:14 -0700

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 05:51:03 -0700

Comcast and Cox Communications are blocking BitTorrent traffic throughout all hours of the day, according to a report by Germany's Max Planck Institute. The global study released May 15 found widespread blocking of BitTorrent transfers only in the United States and Singapore.

Cox Caught Blocking BitTorrent

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:41:27 -0700

Remember that web-based tool to test whether your ISP is blocking BitTorrent that we linked to a couple weeks back?

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

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:20:23 -0700

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 05:15:30 -0700

A study released on Thursday reinforced allegations that Comcast Corp is hindering some file-sharing services, such as BitTorrent, that distribute television shows and movies over its network.

Study Finds Comcast, Cox Interfering with File-Sharing Traffic

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:06:19 -0700

Along with known file-sharing traffic throttler Comcast, fellow broadband provider Cox Communications is also interfering with the usage of BitTorrent and similar peer-to-peer applications by its subscribers, the Associated Press reported, citing research conducted by German's Max Planck Institute for Software Systems.

Cox, Comcast Internet Subscribers Blocked

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:03:23 -0700

Comcast Corp.'s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for "Net Neutrality" laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without drawing scrutiny.

Comcast, Cox Accused of Constant P2P Blocking

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:45:28 -0700

Comcast and Cox Communications have manipulated BitTorrent traffic at all hours of the day, not just during times of peak congestion, according to a Thursday study from the Max Planck Institute in Germany.

Cox About to Feel Wrath of Net Neutrality Activists

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:31:24 -0700

Activists concerned that Internet providers are secretly planning to muck about with the Internet and violate “net neutrality” principles got some good/bad news today, when another report surfaced about cable companies’ blocking traffic.

Study: Cox, Comcast Play Traffic Cop Day and Night

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:15:58 -0700

A study from the Max Planck Institute claims that Cox Communications actively blocks file-sharing traffic in much the same way Comcast does. For its part, Cox doesn't appear to have tried to hide anything -- its user policies state that it will use network management.

Cox Accused of Blocking P2P, Too

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:14:56 -0700

Cox Communications appears to be impeding peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic in the same way Comcast has, according to a study released Thursday by a German research group.

Comcast Gets Investigated While Cox Gets Free Pass

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:10:02 -0700

Earlier this month I directed your attention to a new test dubbed the Glasnost Project, a Java applet project by the Max Planck Institute in Germany, aimed at testing whether ISPs are fiddling with user BitTorrent traffic. Preliminary results showed that the most frequent blocking (as they conservatively define it) is occurring in the United States and Singapore.

Comcast and Cox Caught Blocking BitTorrent All Day, All Night

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:18:39 -0700

WASHINGTON -- The Max Planck Institute in Germany released a study today showing that both Comcast and Cox Communications are blocking Web traffic over their networks throughout all hours of the day.

Comcast and Cox Caught Blocking BitTorrent All Day, All Night

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:50:04 -0700

The Max Planck Institute in Germany released a study today showing that both Comcast and Cox Communications are blocking Web traffic over their networks throughout all hours of the day. This independent study of network management used Web-based tools to detect if Internet service providers in the United States are treating peer-to-peer traffic differently than other types of data.

Study Says Cox, Comcast Internet Subscribers Blocked

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:24:48 -0700

Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press.