We don't throttle P2P users, says AT&T
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article published on 27 April, 2008
AT&T has denied any rumor that it resets packets to interfere with network connections of P2P users, in effect denying any "throttling" of network traffic, like Comcast was accused of doing a few months ago.
AT&Ts statement comes as a response to a report released this week by Vuze, the HD BitTorrent-based client. The client has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make ... [ read the full article ]
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Sazy
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27. April 2008 @ 22:15 |
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I have ATT has my ISP. I love it for P2P, I pay for 2.5mb down and 300kb up, and I get that during a normal speed test without running Torrents, when I do run a Speed Test with Torrents I get 3.75mb down and 550kb up. :) No complaints.
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DoomLight
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27. April 2008 @ 22:25 |
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same here. i dont have any throttling issues either and i have the 3.5mb down and 40kb up
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27. April 2008 @ 23:39 |
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Bellsouth user here- 3mbps down, 256kbps up. A speed test/ping usually shows between 2850/3125 down and 248/253 up. Never had any problems. Maybe it's because I use forced protocol encryption? I'm not sure...
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28. April 2008 @ 01:10 |
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they might do it on the lite plans.
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nobrainer
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28. April 2008 @ 04:46 |
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but they do illegally data mine ALL traffic and pass it on to the Department of Homeland Security, Cia, FBI, NSA.
Secret Surveillance Evidence Unsealed in AT&T Spying Case
Originally posted by eff hyperlink: Whistleblower Declaration and Other Key Documents Released to Public
San Francisco - More documents detailing secret government surveillance of AT&T's Internet traffic have been released to the public as part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) class-action lawsuit against the telecom giant.
Some of the unsealed information was previously made public in redacted form. But after negotiations with AT&T, EFF has filed newly unredacted documents describing a secret, secure room in AT&T's facilities that gave the National Security Agency (NSA) direct access to customers' emails and other Internet communications. These include several internal AT&T documents that have long been available on media websites, EFF's legal arguments to the 9th Circuit, and the full declarations of whistleblower Mark Klein and of J. Scott Marcus, the former Senior Advisor for Internet Technology to the Federal Communications Commission, who bolsters and explains EFF's evidence.
"This is critical evidence supporting our claim that AT&T is cooperating with the NSA in the illegal dragnet surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans," said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "This surveillance is under debate in Congress and across the nation, as well as in the courts. The public has a right to see these important documents, the declarations from our witnesses, and our legal arguments, and we are very pleased to release them."
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lxfactor
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28. April 2008 @ 05:19 |
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ahh yes. lol that might be bad. thats why i chose comcast.. but now they all suck besiders verizon.. but its not avalible around here. not fios at least..
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28. April 2008 @ 05:22 |
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nobrainer
I think they just give it to DHS...they would be coherent and a functioning part of government if they all had access to it....
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altho if they all had access to it(I think the FBI is suing to have access to it right now) it would be scray to see bad government work better than good.
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FoilWrap
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28. April 2008 @ 12:42 |
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I use AT+T DSL here in Ohio and I like it pretty much. But...lately I have noticed many resets coming (coincidentally?) during largish video downloads. There are point-to-point, not per-to-peer. I don't think there are accidental and I suspect these may be to limit the amount of data I download, which is large (why else buy broadband?) Of course a reset wacks the download and I must resume manually. Yes I think it's on purpose and it makes me hesitant to recommend AT+T to anyone. If they also cooperate in spying on citizens, I hope they get sued until they bleed from the pants. I'll contribute to the EFF from my bank account to help them.
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21. May 2008 @ 03:24 |
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I have ATT (bellsouth) and I usually dl around 800gb to 1 TB a month, and these bastards reset me ALL the time, when i am using usenet (I use giganews). I call them and they always try and pawn it off to something else. I have the 6MB dl I pay for they call it 6 meg extreme dsl or whatever. I do get great speed, but it sucks that they do this to customers.
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21. May 2008 @ 03:52 |
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Originally posted by nobrainer: but they do illegally data mine ALL traffic and pass it on to the Department of Homeland Security, Cia, FBI, NSA.
Secret Surveillance Evidence Unsealed in AT&T Spying Case
Originally posted by eff hyperlink: Whistleblower Declaration and Other Key Documents Released to Public
San Francisco - More documents detailing secret government surveillance of AT&T's Internet traffic have been released to the public as part of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) class-action lawsuit against the telecom giant.
Some of the unsealed information was previously made public in redacted form. But after negotiations with AT&T, EFF has filed newly unredacted documents describing a secret, secure room in AT&T's facilities that gave the National Security Agency (NSA) direct access to customers' emails and other Internet communications. These include several internal AT&T documents that have long been available on media websites, EFF's legal arguments to the 9th Circuit, and the full declarations of whistleblower Mark Klein and of J. Scott Marcus, the former Senior Advisor for Internet Technology to the Federal Communications Commission, who bolsters and explains EFF's evidence.
"This is critical evidence supporting our claim that AT&T is cooperating with the NSA in the illegal dragnet surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans," said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. "This surveillance is under debate in Congress and across the nation, as well as in the courts. The public has a right to see these important documents, the declarations from our witnesses, and our legal arguments, and we are very pleased to release them."
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21. May 2008 @ 20:17 |
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Originally posted by iluvendo:
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Nah just bordering on Communism!!!! I'll leave it at that so as not to start an all political debate covered in mayhem.... :D
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22. May 2008 @ 15:58 |
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But GM bro, we already have the Communist Network News !
What's next ?
"The flimsier the product,the higher the price"
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