Comcast and BitTorrent Make Peace – Excellent!
I'm not a big file-sharer... in fact, I don't think I've gotten more than three files from the 'net in the last two decades - and those were for digital versions of soundtracks that I already owned - Eddie Izzard. So I'm not a big fan of getting stuff off the 'net, but I never liked the way Comcast was stomping on the BitTorrent traffic saying it was standard network management techniques. Bull Cookies. It was to stop those people that paid for high speed internet from actually using it.
So I was excited to hear this morning that Comcast and BitTorrent have reached an agreement that means that Comcast has opened up it's monitoring software and no longer hinders the BitTorrent traffic that it once did. This agreement clearly indicates that Comcast was doing something, and while it's nice that the two are now working together, it's sad that it was in place in the first place.
So I had to try out my BitTorrent client - Acquisition, and sure enough, it was working far far better than it has been in the past. I was able to get connected to several hosts and search for something from Eddie. It was enough to convince me that they have stopped this silly practice, and started playing it a little more open. Good for them.
Doesn't mean I don't think they are pirates, though.