BitTorrent and Comcast?

[Ted Roche]

I've used BitTorrent to grab all the latest Linux ISOs (and to serve 
them back, of course) for a while now, and haven't heard any 
threatening noises from Comcast. Otoh, a friend got a warning letter 
from the MPAA for the movies he was apparently downloading. Remember, 
BT is not anonymous P2P sharing.

I don't think ComCast is likely to object to legitimate use, unless 
they view your usage as "excessive." And good luck nailing them down on 
that definition, too!

Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com
On Sep 27, 2004, at 4:05 PM, Bill Freeman wrote:

> 	Does anyone know whether Comcast considers using BitTorrent as
> a client to be a terms of service violation (because each client also
> serves)?  I can't get a straight answer out of Comcast customer
> support.  They just quote the sections of the terms of service that
> caused me to ask in the first place.  But it's not clear to me whether
> a BitTorrent client is what they consider to be, legally, a "server".
> What probably matters is whether their network monitoring people watch
> for, notice, and object to, the kind of activity that BitTorrent
> generates.
>
> 	Any experiences, positive, negative, or otherwise?
>
> 							Bill
>
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