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How To Bypass Comcast's BitTorrent Throttling - TechAmok
How To Bypass Comcast's BitTorrent Throttling - [internet] 09:00 AM EDT - Oct,22 2007 - post a comment As I reported a few days ago,
Comcast is using an
application from the broadband management company Sandvine to throttle
BitTorrent traffic. It breaks every (seed) connection with new peers after a few
seconds if it's not a Comcast user inside your community boundary. According to
some Comcast technicians, who were brave enough to tell the truth, these
Sandvine boxes are installed at the cable modem termination system. As a result,
it is virtually impossible to seed a file, especially in small swarms without
any neighboring Comcast users. The good news is that
there are several ways to fight back and get BitTorrent up and running
again. Robb Topolski, a networking and protocol expert summed up some of the
workarounds that reportedly solve the throttling issues.
What is working
1. Quite a few Comcast users report that forcing protocol header encryption
completely eliminates the problems. This is the easiest solution since most
BitTorrent clients support encryption. Please note that simply enabling
encryption is not enough, it has to be forced. More details on how to do this
can be found over here.
2. Another successfully workaround is to run BitTorrent over encrypted tunnels
such as SSH or VPN. BitTorrent over SSH works, but it will cripple the servers
of the SSH providers if you plan to use it permanently. A VPN service such as
Relakks or VPNTunnel is a better option, and it is worth a few bucks.
3. Comcast prevents seeding, if you're on a private tracker, and want to share
as much as possible, an easy solution is to lower your download rate. When
downloading, make sure that you have met your uploading goal by the time that
the download completes. The easiest way to accomplish this is to set a download
rate slower than the uploading rate. This of course is not an optimal solution
because your download will never be faster than you upload speed.
4. One of the best options, if possible, is to switch to another ISP.
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