Thats a long time. I think the claims (even if made by them) about them trying to limit piracy are mostly bogus. They are just a bunch of tightwads, trying to screw their customers out of money (by restricting internet use.)

It's only March... how difficult can it be?!?!

Unfortunately, I don't have much choice in my area but to use them... And this web throttling is pissing me off!

This current deal is ONLY with BitTorrent the COMPANY,NOT with BitTorrent the PROTOCOL. Please enlighten me if I'm misinterpreting...

And BS it will take till end-2008 to implement these changes (I don't doubt it will take that long to upgrade their lines as they plan)

You could have at least provided a link to where YOU got the news from TGDaily if you are going to write SO LITTLE of the story....

More details:

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9904689-7.html?tag=nefd.lede

"Q: What brought on this detente?
Waz: We and BitTorrent, we and a lot of players in the application and technology space, have been talking for years about issues of mutual interest. I think the thing that prompted this latest conversation and the announcement is that since last fall, when the Internet community expressed concerns about the form of network management that we had selected, we wanted to find out why. We did a ton of outreach: "Explain to us what the concerns were, help us to address the fact that...P2P traffic can account for such a large percentage of traffic." We learned a lot, frankly. We learned that there are a large number of points of view out there.

We also took the approach that making networks and applications work well together is a two-way street. What's terrific about this announcement is that it says a leading network provider and a leading application provider are stepping up and finding ways (to make this work)."

-"Joe Waz, Comcast's senior vice president for external affairs and the company's public policy counsel, speaks about the BitTorrent detente."



http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9904494-7.html

"But as companies are wont to do when regulators are breathing down their necks(...), the companies announced that they're going to become collaborators. Whether the deal is enough to satisfy policymakers scrutinizing Comcast's behavior, however, remains to be seen, as it's already drawing some measure of skepticism.

The "collaborative effort" doesn't mean that Comcast will give up on managing the way traffic flows through its network. "


http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-bittorrent-net-neutrality-080327/

^^ Look at their related articles, scan comments etc for LOTS of info and opinions from users.

"ISPs have been throttling BitTorrent traffic for years now, but only recently has this turned into a political issue. The BitTorrent client Azureus has now developed a plugin through which you can help distinguishing the good from the bad ISPs, data they will use to strengthen their argument in the ongoing Comcast debate."

-http://torrentfreak.com/azureus-bittorrent-throttle-detection-plugin-080325/

And did u hear about their limit on the limitless bandwidth? Tons of people have gotten letters from comcast saying to slow ur usage or u will get cut off for good (myself included, got 2 letters). According to other users, 100gb a month makes u a suspect, but they send letters home at like 200-500gb a month, which is ridiculous because i easily get that doing various things. They are charging high for this service, but they actually give fast speeds to me (16mbps down, 2mbps up) whats the point of offering that if you cannot even use it?

They are trying to save money by cutting off users who dont do anything wrong. In my opinion, i would rather my cable company didnt mess with any of those types of matters, i pay for internet, i can use it for anything i want. If it is illegal, let the FBI take care of me, not COMCAST.

Agree, damn comcast is not the police. If there is a limit, they should say it before you sign up with them. I can't imaging this with a phone company "We gonna cut you off because you talk too much..."