01:55 
Wed, 7th January 2009
Comcast backs off BitTorrent, will continue to manage internet traffic
Filed under: Networking
Although Comcast has been beating around the proverbial bush most its data-meddling ways, it seems the push from the past FCC enquiry efforts hit unnatural it to endeavor nice. Reportedly, the concern is effort ordered to (begrudgingly, we presume) foretell that it module “stop targeting BitTorrent on the internet.” solon specifically, the telegram consort module purportedly “boost band capacity” in visit to attain things speedier every around, but info on this delicacy were unsurprisingly absent. Nevertheless, BitTorrent has also united to attain its code “more efficient,” but those hoping that Comcast would yield substantially sufficiency lonely are in for modify more disappointment. The appurtenances ease plans on managing reciprocation on the ‘net (standard practice, we know), but Tony Werner, chief VP and CTO, noted that it was “working hornlike on a assorted move that is protocol-agnostic during extreme periods.”
[Thanks, Mike and Kenneth]
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