Comments on: ISP Gives Customers The Power To Ban BitTorrent

By: Yalitza

Yalitza — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:29 +0000

So basically all they did is take NetNanny and added a bittorent blocking option/list. Sounds like a good idea for parents who are not techno-elite (most of them). Its voluntary afterall so why shouldn’t parents have this option?

By: Iphigenia

Iphigenia — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:29 +0000

Just for kicks, I clicked on the "Recent Torrents" link, which should certainly be random. Out of the 30 torrents, I found 3, at most, that might be legal, and even those probably aren’t. Seriously, you’re just making yourself look stupid.

By: Fulbright

Fulbright — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:29 +0000

it’s 1 step closer. next it will be on by default and parents will have to call to "unblock the illegal file sharing service".

By: Twila

Twila — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:29 +0000

The intention is to keep stupid kids from downloading a bunch of crap that:A. can hog bandwidth from other usersB. can cause bandwidth overage fees to be incurredC. gets the PC infected from a Kanye song/gets the RIAA knocking on their doorIt’s a means by which the parents can take an active roll in what their children do. It also gives a job to a developer you elitist.

By: Bai

Bai — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:29 +0000

"The pirate bay did a count from a random sample of the torrents on their tracker and found that 80% of their torrents are legal. That’s on THE PIRATE BAY."HAHAHAHahahahahaaaaSource? I find it highly doubtful that this is correct, or if so, the "random sample" was truly random (random sample from the linux category maybe).

By: Mhina

Mhina — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:29 +0000

next time try giving a short explanation of what content you are linking to. A naked hyperlink will get you a bury every time from me. You’re lucky I didn’t just decide you were a spammer and report you.

By: Urian

Urian — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:29 +0000

A lot of game updaters use BT. It will be funny when average Joe user blocks BT then wonders why it is taking him 48+ hours to get a patch.

By: Lupe

Lupe — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:29 +0000

Really? What’s next, the option to get an abridged version of the internet? Actually, that might be kinda useful. I wouldn’t have to pour hot sauce and oxi-clean on my eyes to try and "unsee" ***** anymore.

By: Birdy

Birdy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:29 +0000

Comments like this would not appear in an abridged version of the internet. So I’m all for it.

By: Padma

Padma — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:50:29 +0000

I’m sure most ISPs would be extremely happy if less people used torrent software, and would accomodate that in any way possible. With the net neutrality hammer coming down, they are gonna have to finally, actually (GASP) upgrade their networks.