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Jordan Christensen

More options Mar 26, 2:26 pm

From: "Jordan Christensen" <thebi...@gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:26:42 -0400

Local: Wed, Mar 26 2008 2:26 pm

Subject: Re: Bell Canada throttling P2P traffic

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I just moved into a new place and have Teksavvy set to start in 2
weeks. I have to say, I'm a little pissed off here.

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Rick Innis <rick.in...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Possibly of interest to some on this list: Bell Canada are throttling
> BitTorrent and other P2P traffic within their network. This means
> that if you have a DSL connection, regardless of who it's from, your
> traffic will be shaped. TekSavvy's Rocky Gadreault posted this at
> DSLREports.com:

> "They're now openly acknowledging that they are rolling out a full
> throttling process. They plan to have things fully throttled by April
> 7th. All BT and P2P traffic will be affected. They claim they are
> allowed to do so according to their Terms and Services under the Fair
> Usage Policy in the tariffed contracts."

> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080325-canadian-isps-furious-
> about-bell-canadas-traffic-throttling.html

> R.

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