Torrent.is, the largest torrent Tracker in Iceland, is facing a permanent shutdown and the probability that it will have to pay restitution to copyright owners.
In November of 2007 Torrent.is received a preliminary injunction which eventually led to a shutdown of the site and a massive 50 percent drop in overall internet traffic in Iceland. Earlier this week, at the public hearing of ... [ read the full article ]
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AFAIK, due Iceland's rather isolated location (==expensive backbone connections to outside world), the ISPs have some sort of caps in place for traffic going to outside Iceland, whereas the traffic within the Iceland is "unmetered", thus the traffic drop of 50% sounds quite feasible for this situation.
Originally posted by dRD: AFAIK, due Iceland's rather isolated location (==expensive backbone connections to outside world), the ISPs have some sort of caps in place for traffic going to outside Iceland, whereas the traffic within the Iceland is "unmetered", thus the traffic drop of 50% sounds quite feasible for this situation.
I think you mean "whereas the traffic within Reykjavik" :)
Originally posted by dRD: AFAIK, due Iceland's rather isolated location (==expensive backbone connections to outside world), the ISPs have some sort of caps in place for traffic going to outside Iceland, whereas the traffic within the Iceland is "unmetered", thus the traffic drop of 50% sounds quite feasible for this situation.
I think you mean "whereas the traffic within Reykjavik" :)
Same thing really :-) (two thirds of Iceland's population live in Reykjavik metro area)
