BitTorrent Users Seek Compensation from Comcast

neowin.net     Jul 24, 2008            

BitTorrent Users Seek Compensation from ComcastQuote - Comcast is facing a nationwide class action lawsuit for cutting off the BitTorrent traffic of their subscribers. The lawsuit aims to stop the misleading advertising used by Comcast, and to compensate BitTorrent users for the disruption to their service.August last year we reported - based on findings from network expert Robb Topolski - that Comcast actively disconnected BitTorrent users. Comcast initially denied our allegations, even though we had proof to back up these claims, and they continued to do so for months. Now, a year later, there is no doubt that Comcast offered a degraded service to BitTorrent users, and they now face a nationwide class action lawsuit (doc).“Comcast surreptitiously installed receiver packets to keep people from using file-sharing programs... [read full story]                    

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