Net Neutrality is the principal that all connections on a broadband connection will be given equal share regardless of protocol. This means, in theory, no bandwidth throttling of a specific protocol should occur. This does not mean your overall bandwidth will not be restricted, but certain kinds of data will not be targeted.
As many of us know, Comcast has violated this in the past. They are currently under investigation by the FCC. Here is a detailed report of my connection and my experience with Comcast.
Bit Torrent Statistics:
File Used for Testing Steal This Film II and Ubuntu 8.04 Beta
Bit Torrent Client: Transmission 1.10 and Azureus 3.0.5.0
Host System: Mac Pro 2.8x8
Router: Airport Extreme-Time Capsule
Transmission & Azureus BT Unencrypted:
While Downloading
Download: 1.1 MBps
Upload: 85KBps
Peers: 83 out of 91 connected
While Seeding:
Upload: 10.2KBs
Peers 1 out of 1
Transmission & Azureus BT ENCRYPTED RC5
While Downloading
Download: 1.1 MBps
Upload: 85KBps
Peers: 83 out of 86 connected
While Uploading
Upload 93KBps
Peers 76 out of 89
Obviously, there is some serious filtering going on.
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