Here is an article that outlines what happened. I don't agree with the slant of the writer, but the info you are looking for is there.
http://www.naturalnews.com/024391.html Jeff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 2:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] BitTorrent to go UDP in next release Can you go into detail on to what happened or some information to it? All I saw was the nice and clean "500gigs/mo is enough for everyone, we're limiting torrent traffic" announcements. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Jeff Broadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually they got in trouble for both lying and what they were > actually doing. > > Jeff > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Blair Davis > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 2:09 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] BitTorrent to go UDP in next release > > > If you put it in your AUP, and make sure your users know about it, > then you are fine. > > It is the hiding of it and lying about it that got comcast in trouble. > > Jeff Broadwick wrote: > > That, and if you block it you risk running afoul of the same FCC that > > hammered Comcast. Just because you aren't huge you aren't immune. If > a > > customer complains you have the burden of proof that you are not > blocking > > ptp or any other service. Doesn't even have to be your customer. Any > > internet customer who uses ptp can complain about your service since > > theoretically they could receive content from someone on your network! > > > > You CAN manage traffic on your network, but only during times of > congestion. > > > > "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" > > > > Jeff > > ImageStream > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Butch Evans > > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:37 AM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] BitTorrent to go UDP in next release > > > > On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 10:32 -0500, Brian Rohrbacher wrote: > > > > Darn, so there isn't a good way to block it anymore. > > > > > > Well, it will be MUCH more difficult to manage, that is a certainty. > It > > will be MUCH more expensive in terms of CPU requirements as well as > network > > utilization that will happen in spite of your efforts to manage it. > > > > -- > > ******************************************************************** > > * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* > > * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * > > * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member * > > * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * > > ******************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > ---- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > ---- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > ---- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > ---- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
