All ISPs Interfere with P2P Software
Comcast, the target of scorn in the net neutrality struggle, isn’t alone in disrupting P2P traffic. A study released by Vuze (a Comcast critic and business competititor) concedes all major broadband providers disrupt P2P software.
Even Canadian internet providers, where “net neutrality” is already law, disrupted P2P traffic in a similar fashion.
[For background on P2P software and net neutrality, click here]
-UPDATE 11:45
You can read the full Vuze Study here
Vuze is a startup internet distributor that supports FCC regulations preventing P2P internet traffic interruptions (i.e. net neutrality). “According to Vuze’s data, a number of Comcast connections recorded the most frequent interruptions, but the top 20 highest reset rates also included users with Cablevision, BellSouth (an AT&T property), and AOL subscriptions.”
AT&T denied charges from Vuze on blocking P2P, and keenly responded “[g]iven that Vuze itself has recognized these problems with the measurements generated by its Plug-In, we believe that Vuze should not have published these misleading measurements, nor filed them with the FCC.”