Bell's Own Data Exposes P2P As a Red Herring

dougplanet writes with news from the Canadian-throttling front: "As ordered by the CRTC, Bell has released (some) of its data on how torrents and P2P in general are affecting its network. Even though there's not much data to go on, it's pretty clear that P2P isn't the crushing concern. Over the two-month period prior to their throttling, they had congestion on a whopping 2.6 and 5.2 per cent of their network links. They don't even explain whether this is a range of sustained congestion, or peaks amongst valleys."

I knew it!!

[Cathoderoytube]

I knew it! I knew it! You sons of whores Bell! $70 fucking dollars a month!! I'm coming down to your HQ and throwing a cinderblock through your front window!

Re:I knew it!!

[aikodude]

get 'cher fresh hot torches here! can't go to an angry mobbing without fresh hot torches!!!

Let's see...

[Monkey_Genius]

1. Advertise unlimited Internet.
2. Throttle customer bandwidth.
3. ?
4. Profit!
Business for the 21st Century 101.

Re:I knew it!!

[grim4593]

From www.bash.org:

DmncAtrny: I will write on a huge cement block "By accepting this brick through your window, you accept it as is and agree to my disclaimer of all warranties, express or implied, as well as disclaimers of all liability, direct, indirect, consequential or incidental, that may arise from the installation of this brick into your building."
DmncAtrny: And then hurl it through the window of a Sony officer
DmncAtrny: and run like hell

I guess the CSE doesn't have the fast computers

[johninsf]

like the NSA does. Maybe they just need some time to upgrade and then everything will be fine, it's just a temporary measure.

Re:Nothing new

[Hijacked Public]

1) RTFS
2) RTFA
3) Discover that existence of anything more than tiny pockets of congestion is just a bunch of bullshit, and that not only have you been lied to about P2P being a problem, you've been lied to about the whole goddamned problem
4) PRICELESS

Re:How funny

[thePowerOfGrayskull]

(or is 5 percent a lot?)

I would say that depends on if it's the five percent I am in.

Re:Glad to hear this.

[Ethanol-fueled]

They're like OPEC. They don't even try to hide behind phoney legitimacy anymore, They're basically saying, "We don't have to rape you, but we will, and you're going to bend over and LIKE IT!".

Re:Glad to hear this.

[Anonymous Coward]

They're like OPEC. They don't even try to hide behind phoney legitimacy anymore, They're basically saying, "We don't have to rape you, but we will, and you're going to bend over and LIKE IT!".

False.

Since when has "and LIKE IT!", in relation to the customer, ever entered into any telco (or OPEC) executive's mind?

Re:Is "I told you so" appropriate?

[Opportunist]

Nah, it's just a mortal sin. Along with 6 other vices that are today pretty much a "required skills" list for any upper management position.

Re:And in other news...

[Anonymous Coward]

-2, Jealous

Re:Glad to hear this.

[Walkingshark]

Wow, so I guess if I want to switch ISP then all I have to do is move to NYC? Brilliant!

Re:Is "I told you so" appropriate?

[H0D_G]

Of course, decreased usage means less photons moving down the fibre optic line. which means less wear on the fibre, cause of all the wear that photons cause on the line.

totally.

Re:Bank needs to repay you.

[debest]

I have mod points right now. Where is the "+1 Deliciously Evil" mod option?

Re:And in other news...

[Fred_A]

Yes, they are creating an upload cap of 30GB per day. Not per month, per day .

That's still an awful lot of tentacles...