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I’d suggest everyone experiencing this sort of problem with Comcast phone them up and demand answers. The way I see it, this is deceptive marketing practices and a breach of contract. I pay them for service, and I expect that service in return. I’m sure some of you will disagree, but if I’m trying to obtain linux distributions for my customers or legally purchased games over STEAM, I take a performance hit. I would also suggest contacting the Electronic Frontier Foundation about these practices, and see if they’d be willing to take a case. If enough of us do so, maybe we can get somewhere against Comcast and similar ISPs.

Over the past weeks more and more Comcast users started to notice that their BitTorrent transfers were cut off. Most users report a significant decrease in download speeds, and even worse, they are unable to seed their downloads. A nightmare for people who want to keep up a positive ratio at private trackers and for the speed of BitTorrent transfers in general.

ISPs have been throttling BitTorrent traffic for almost two years now. Most ISPs simply limit the available bandwidth for BitTorrent traffic, but Comcast takes it one step further, and prevents their customers from seeding. And Comcast is not alone in this, Canadian ISPs Cogeco and Rogers use similar methods on a smaller scale.

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Also, you might want to check out this Slashdot discussion of the article linked above.