Comments on: Comcast changes traffic policies, win for torrents

By: busted

busted — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:25:22 +0000

They have to. Digital downloads are the future.

By: A$$Raider @45

A$$Raider @45 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:13:47 +0000

If Comcast would cap off what people are paying for then trust me it would not be a problem but they don’t because they are always trying to please everyone.

By: A$$Raider

A$$Raider — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:07:31 +0000

I work for Comcast and trust me it does not suck. Some of the systems that we bought suck but we are making them better. And as far as FIOS goes yeah they do have a good internet but just wait until the first or second bill… I have talked to a lot of people that went to FIOS and came right back after $500 or more bill for just phone and internet and they are not that much faster. I get a 20MB download and I see a lot of people getting the same when I install their internet. Most customers do not even pay for any where near that.

By: BollyUser

BollyUser — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:53:03 +0000

BitTorrent founder is an Indian?! I didn’t know that.

By: insertclevername

insertclevername — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:19:21 +0000

Im pretty sure none of this will change Rogers Cables policies here in Canada but it would be nice.
Had to switch a year ago to dsl after torrents stopped working the fastest I would get EVER would be 0.9kbps!! I mean slower than freakin dialup!

I tried calling them asking about it they said they can’t provide support for filesharing applications…im like how is it that i can download stuff directly @ 500kbps but when its p2p torrents they never break the 1kbps mark?? A$$HOLE if i paid 49.95 for “extreme” cable I’m not gonna just use it for checking my email.

So I switched to DSL and couldn’t be happier….i got the added bonus of being able to disconnect to get a new ip so I can download more rapidshare/netload instantly without having to wait an hour!

By: ORLY

ORLY — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:52:38 +0000

In what country is that?

“suxx to be in USA, for 14e in easter europe u can get 100Mb/s internet”

And what is the average income?

By: socialize

socialize — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:49:56 +0000

Net needs to be socialized, like public schools, roads etc. already are.
100mb should be enough for now.
Now the system is such that some are left out, which creates problems for the whole society.

By: faris

faris — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:10:16 +0000

ppl pay for bandwidth , 2mb or 8mbit, i think its cheeky to slow peoples speed down because they have the audacity! to actually USE THE BANDWIDTH THEY PAID FOR!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Jayrodathome

Jayrodathome — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:39:04 +0000

I have time warner and I just upgraded to 1mb up and 4 down for 30$ a month. they shaped any speeds so far and i pray they never do.

By: wildarms

wildarms — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:31:22 +0000

I have had dsl and cable from sbc and rr and both seem to ween off the bandwidth after its been downloading for a bit. Although it only happens to my torrent traffic, p2p always downloads full speed.

By: Atlas

Atlas — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:14:34 +0000

It’s not much better here in canada. I just got a stupid letter from Rogers saying that they will actually start enforcing their bandwidth cap and how much I have been using (60gb limit, have an unlimited usenet account, you do the math). I wanted to switch to Tek Savvy, a company with a great rep for people like us, but they buy their landlines wholesale from Bell (As$hole incarnate) and they throttle their wholesalers!. WTF!

The worst thing about that stupid letter was that it had 3 paragraphs on how good of a job they are doing and how they are glad to be of service. This feels as if the ministry of health sent me a “we are dedicated to your healthcare” spiel, please find enclosed a cyanide pill.

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:41:15 +0000

“Consumers also use the protocol to share large files like movies.”

interesting

By: COMCAST

COMCAST — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:30:49 +0000

I love it

By: Laika

Laika — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:48:32 +0000

suxx to be in USA, for 14e in easter europe u can get 100Mb/s internet.

By: YoKo

YoKo — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:48:24 +0000

OK People, the link for torrent ratio is a link for Virtumonde trojan, one of most hard to delete from system…
So, you’ve been warned, and users who post this shall be permanently banned from the whole internet!!!