Comcast’s BitTorrent, P2P and Traffic Shaping: FCC kicking butt

Many people have been complaining about Comcast and the fact that they are throttling P2P application. This BitTorrent traffic controlling has become a subject that has got the attention of the FCC; it seems as if the Read more

FCC Meeting on Comcast’s traffic shaping: Sony PS3, P2P, BitTorrent and Tiscali

On Monday the FCC is holding a meeting on Comcast’s traffic shaping practices, the public hearing will be held 10am-4pm EST at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA.

The main discussion will be focused on “network neutrality and traffic shaping”, this subject is one that I am well aware of in the UK with Tiscali stopping all Sony PS3 owners playing Call of Duty 4 online thanks to their issues with P2P traffic at certain times.

It seems Tiscali does not understand the different between P2P gaming and P2P BitTorrent sites Read more

Tiscali COD4 P2P Update on Sony PS3: still connecting problems in Call of Duty 4

With still 8 days to go before I’m connected to BT Broadband, I thought I would give you an update on the Tiscali COD4 P2P problem.

I am able to get into games now when searching (although very slow at times), but trying to invite friends to games that are on Tiscali or if they try and invite me in is near impossible…it works rarely even to the point of switching off and walking away in frustration Read more

Tiscali P2P Update & Mac Code: Sony PS3, Error 33 on Call of Duty 4 (COD4)

This is an update to the news the other day about Tiscali’s P2P problems and how they stop Sony PS3 gamers getting on Call of Duty 4 in evenings. We had over 8000 page views to that story and many comments.

After trying to get online gaming in COD4 the other day again and taking over 2 hours until around 10pm when I got in, I thought, “enough is enough”.

I had a read through the 41+ pages in the Tiscali forum again and could see know one was getting anywhere and in fact many were moving to another broadband provider Read more