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[Nvyseal]

images/news/internet.jpgCanadian ISP Bell Sympatico has admitted that it uses bandwidth throttling technologies to impose limitations on peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing during peak hours. This revelation is further evidence that net neutrality—the principle of equal treatment for all traffic through a network—is eroding.

"We are now using a Internet Traffic Management to restrict accounts that are using a large portion of bandwidth during peak hours," a Sympatico forum administrator wrote in response to a user complaint. The forum administrator also provides a list of affected applications, which includes BitTorrent, Gnutella, Limewire, Kazaa, and other widely-used P2P applications. Readers of Broadband Reports had been suspicious for some time that the ISP was throttling traffic.

"Bell Sympatico has launched a solution to enhance the online customer experience and improve Internet performance for all our customers during peak periods of Internet usage with the introduction of Internet Traffic Management," another response says. "There continues to be phenomenal growth of consumer Internet traffic throughout the world, and Bell is using Internet Traffic Management to ensure we deliver bandwidth fairly to our customers during peak Internet usage."

Via: ArsTechnica

[TheBearLT]

omg, now Lets block everything and leave HTTP:80 only for the best internet performance.. "to ensure we deliver bandwidth fairly to our customers during peak Internet usage." LOL

Edited by TheBearLT, 06 November 2007 - 07:46 AM.

[Camaro]

Ya lets blame a few for ruining the internet for everyone, instead of upgrading the hardware and capibility of the network lets pocket the cash and throttle the bandwith.

[hog]

HAHAHA

Actually, that was my ISP up to 2 weeks ago! We changed for another ISP which also provides phone and digital TV. It now costs less for much better products and services. My average download rate went from 50k/s to 800k/s! (this is not the same "kind" of connection though, it was "intermediate" and now "high speed", though it does cost less - with the 3 services bundle - for 16 times better in the end!) I'm stuck with Bell for almost 2 more years though on my cellphone contract...

Believe me Cam, they got the money to upgrade the network. They've had the monopoly for sooooooo many time before Videotron stepped in. Videotron used to be solely a cable TV provider (and then ISP but they weren't so good in the beginning of internet) but in the last couple of years they added cellphones and cable phone and Sympatico is going down. Oh and I'd like to add that Quebecor(the company behind Videotron) also owns several TV channels, magazines and newspapers. Bell didn't move a bit and now they're losing it. I don't really like the business model this is starting to look like but as it is now there's no one to get in Videotron's way...