Comcast shuts dowm bit torrent tranfers - GoFuckYourself.com

sortie · 10-19-2007, 11:19 AM

Comcast has started shutting down torrent file sharing when too much of a file is comming from one user.

Some call it data discrimination, I call BS!

A message to people who want to deliver legal file to others over the internet:

Get a web server and do it. That's how you share files.
You upload it and you pay for the bandwidth.

Comcast dosen't sell server accounts, if they did then your bill for file sharing would be charged by bandwidth and you would owe then $20,000 by now.

Just because someone figured out a way to abuse a system does not mean the abuse should become accepted. Uploading a gig sized file to your server is not abuse but allowing 3000 users to pull the file from your home computer is.

Nobody will be happy if ISPs have to start charging by bandwidth to really "make things fair" so don't abuse the system of "one charge and use what you need" and turn it into "one charge, but I'm full of greed".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/...discrimination

G-Rotica · 10-19-2007, 11:30 AM

I don't know what this means but I'm going to say it anyway.

Word up yo.

rootyb · 10-19-2007, 11:55 AM

Of course comcast's accounts aren't "server" accounts, because who'd pay $50+/mo for a server with a whopping 384kbs upload speed?

If comcast isn't setting user upload/download limits (or if users aren't going over their set limits), then why do they care what their users are doing?

Bittorrent has been a huge resource for non-profit/open-source groups to get their software into the hands of the public. Otherwise, their server bills would be entirely cost-prohibitive.

Also, that article is an editorial piece. Until comcast responds, or they show their data, I still think it's a lot of hype. I've never had a single problem with a bittorrent upload on my comcast connection, and if I start having problems, I've already got a solution ready (ssh tunnel through my webhost for seeding. I've got 2.6TB of bandwidth/mo. Might as well use some of it).

sortie · 10-19-2007, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rootyb

Of course comcast's accounts aren't "server" accounts, because who'd pay $50+/mo for a server with a whopping 384kbs upload speed?

Yeah, that's why they gave you an account meant for "DOWNLOADING".
You can download unlimted bandwidth for $50!!!! You can download a 10,000 giga byte file and they will not charge you one red cent for it.
They sell "client" accounts with no limit, not "server" accounts with no limit.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rootyb

If comcast isn't setting user upload/download limits (or if users aren't going over their set limits), then why do they care what their users are doing?

Oh, they did set a limit for upload, didn't you read the shit you just wrote above. "whopping 384kbs".
They now have another limit that goes like this:
"If you look like one of the users that use our network to facilitate your fucking thievery of copyrighted material then we cut your shit off".

Quote:

Originally Posted by rootyb

Bittorrent has been a huge resource for non-profit/open-source groups to get their software into the hands of the public. Otherwise, their server bills would be entirely cost-prohibitive.

Who's fucking problem is that? People writing open sorce code to run closed source companies out of business are bitching because they might have to pay some money to do it. BWAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rootyb

Also, that article is an editorial piece. Until comcast responds, or they show their data, I still think it's a lot of hype. I've never had a single problem with a bittorrent upload on my comcast connection, and if I start having problems, I've already got a solution ready (ssh tunnel through my webhost for seeding. I've got 2.6TB of bandwidth/mo. Might as well use some of it).

Translation: You run a bit torrent using unlicensed material and you are afraid of getting shut down so you also use a fake nick to reply to this thread.

10-19-2007, 11:19 AM	#1
sortie Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,771	Comcast shuts dowm bit torrent tranfers Comcast has started shutting down torrent file sharing when too much of a file is comming from one user. Some call it data discrimination, I call BS! A message to people who want to deliver legal file to others over the internet: Get a web server and do it. That's how you share files. You upload it and you pay for the bandwidth. Comcast dosen't sell server accounts, if they did then your bill for file sharing would be charged by bandwidth and you would owe then $20,000 by now. Just because someone figured out a way to abuse a system does not mean the abuse should become accepted. Uploading a gig sized file to your server is not abuse but allowing 3000 users to pull the file from your home computer is. Nobody will be happy if ISPs have to start charging by bandwidth to really "make things fair" so don't abuse the system of "one charge and use what you need" and turn it into "one charge, but I'm full of greed". http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/...discrimination __________________

10-19-2007, 11:30 AM	#2
G-Rotica Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 4,258	I don't know what this means but I'm going to say it anyway. Word up yo. __________________

10-19-2007, 11:55 AM	#3
rootyb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 38	Of course comcast's accounts aren't "server" accounts, because who'd pay $50+/mo for a server with a whopping 384kbs upload speed? If comcast isn't setting user upload/download limits (or if users aren't going over their set limits), then why do they care what their users are doing? Bittorrent has been a huge resource for non-profit/open-source groups to get their software into the hands of the public. Otherwise, their server bills would be entirely cost-prohibitive. Also, that article is an editorial piece. Until comcast responds, or they show their data, I still think it's a lot of hype. I've never had a single problem with a bittorrent upload on my comcast connection, and if I start having problems, I've already got a solution ready (ssh tunnel through my webhost for seeding. I've got 2.6TB of bandwidth/mo. Might as well use some of it).