[RndTbl] Shaw throttling torrents?

[Mike Pfaiffer]

On November 24, 2005 10:51 am, Sean Walberg wrote this amazing epistle:
> Anyone tried downloading any distributions (or other things) using
> BitTorrent through Shaw?  Apparently they're using Ellacoya shapers to
> throttle back the bandwidth.  A coworker just got off the phone with their
> support who confirmed it.
>
> Sean

 There was a story (I think it was on Slashdot) about six months to a year ago 
about how they were doing this in Vancouver. A few people in wpg.general were 
saying how this was another reason to switch to MTS. A couple of Shaw people 
said they weren't going to be doing it here.

 So much about "just supplying a connection to the net". Now "they" are trying 
to censor legal activity...

    Later
    Mike



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