Comcast Throttles BitTorrent Traffic

[4play]

Thank god I've gots RR. I never hear a peep from/about them.

Ditto. RR dunt give a fook.

They will start giving a fook soon i bet since comcast will have probably saved themselves a nice few quid. They can either drop their prices to put pressure on roadrunner or turn a higher profit. once one starts doing it and gets away with it the rest will probably follow.

[Monkeee]

o thank god i did not switch to Comcast after that AT&T bullcrap.

[blEnder]

I started having this issue a few weeks ago. It's been reported on sites like Oink because of their small swarm sizes. Places like Demonoid, while still effected, tends to be easier since there are more comcast users there.

It does suck, big time. I wish I could switch to another provider, but the only real option would be to switch to DSL, which I rather not have, as I don't have a land line (VOIP instead) and don't want to get one.

I have faith that some great person in torrent land will figure out a way around this, but as for right now there is no solution except to keep seeding forever or cave and get a seedbox.

And yes I think other ISPs might soon follow. Comcast is the #2 broadband provider in the US and right now they can get away with it.

You know, I'd be more content with Comcast's decision to throttle torrent usage if they decided to throttle it throughout, rather then basically make you seed to other comcrapstic users.

Comcast is one of the reasons I decided to give newsgroups a try again - so far so good.

[Nardz]

i have comcast and have had no problems yet.

[blEnder]

i have comcast and have had no problems yet.

Sorry to say, but it's coming. People reported it a few months back (maybe even 6-8 months back), but I never encountered the issue until a few weeks ago.

Slow progression. Maybe even from the East to the West. Also I wouldn't be surprised if they started implementing the throttling in markets with little competition. Like places where FiOS isn't available.

[treex2]

Thank god I've gots RR. I never hear a peep from/about them.

Ditto. RR dunt give a fook.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. I've been encountering this same problem since June with RR. I've tried uTorrent 1.6.1, uTorrent 1.7.2, Azureus 2.5.0.4, and even Transmission .80 on an OS X machine. Same problems (and yes my ports are properly forwarded). Although it's just the private sites with few leechers. A public site like piratebay, I have no problems with. I had assumed it was because of DHT and I guess it was.

I'm in the DFW area of TX. My area use to be Comcast before Comcast did that territory trade with Time Warner last year. Anyone else around me with the same problems?

This hasn't really hurt me much since it just push me towards using RR's great newservers , but not being able to use some sites like oink for fear of ratio can be annoying. Plus I hear RR has been throttling heavy newsgroup users.

[Hairbautt]

using RR's great newservers , but not being able to use some sites like oink for fear of ratio can be annoying.

I tried once, but really I got nowhere. So I gave up. That was like over a year ago.

[ByteBitten]

Ditto. RR dunt give a fook.

I wouldn't be so sure of that. I've been encountering this same problem since June with RR. I've tried uTorrent 1.6.1, uTorrent 1.7.2, Azureus 2.5.0.4, and even Transmission .80 on an OS X machine. Same problems (and yes my ports are properly forwarded). Although it's just the private sites with few leechers. A public site like piratebay, I have no problems with. I had assumed it was because of DHT and I guess it was.

I'm in the DFW area of TX. My area use to be Comcast before Comcast did that territory trade with Time Warner last year. Anyone else around me with the same problems?

This hasn't really hurt me much since it just push me towards using RR's great newservers , but not being able to use some sites like oink for fear of ratio can be annoying. Plus I hear RR has been throttling heavy newsgroup users.

I'm able to seed some torrents but some other ones with a lot of leechers don't seem to be uploading on my part. I'm not really sure whether its the site or if RR is throttling.

[weenden]

i have comcast using utorrent and as of mid day sunday its the shits got on sct and now im unconectable as well to others my ports are open but to no avail

[Nardz]

i have comcast and have had no problems yet.

Sorry to say, but it's coming. People reported it a few months back (maybe even 6-8 months back), but I never encountered the issue until a few weeks ago.

Slow progression. Maybe even from the East to the West. Also I wouldn't be surprised if they started implementing the throttling in markets with little competition. Like places where FiOS isn't available.

crud. i use usenet too i hope they leave that alone. if not i guess seedbox is the next option