Anyone with Comcast that uses file-sharing protocols will know that it dislikes net neutrality. Well, net neutrality has won a major victory today: Comcast has agreed to treat all Internet traffic equally, meaning that file-sharers and gamers that subscribe to one of the largest ISPs in the United States no longer have to fear being shorted because of filters at the domain level. Undoing the filters will take some time, obviously, but Comcast hopes to move to a system that treats traffic equally by the end of the year.
Why the sudden change of attitude? The communications behemoth has been under attack by consumer and net neutrality advocates ever since they started this practice and an investigation by the Associated Press confirmed the allegations of aggravated subscribers back in October.
Seemingly to make amends for their wrongdoing, Comcast is reportedly talking with BitTorrent Inc. to collaborate on better methods of transporting mass amounts of data via the Internet.
Comcast Corp., an Internet service provider under investigation for hampering online file-sharing by its subscribers, announced Thursday an about-face in its stance and said it will treat all types of Internet traffic equally.






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They're all going to be legal, of course...
But yes, this cool. When I move over the summer, I'll finally get a decent internet connection through comcast, so hopefully I can take full advantage of it!
So how does this affect a Comcast customer (me)?
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