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Comments on inaccurate testimony at the FCC Stanford hearing

Update: How Comcast customers can seed 100 times faster and bypass TCP resetsThe FCC hearing at Stanford University on April 17th 2008 was filled with inaccurate testimony from various witnesses....

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How Comcast customers can seed 100 times faster and bypass TCP resets

As many of you reading this blog probably already know, Comcast has been disconnecting a certain percentage of TCP streams emanating from BitTorrent and other P2P (peer-to-peer) seeders.  This...

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More deceptions from Free Press about Comcast “blocking”

The whole Comcast issue is being kicked around in the press in recent days because the Max Planck Institute released a study showing the rates of TCP resets happening throughout the world.  But this...

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Why BitTorrent causes so much jitter (high ping) and how to fix it

Anyone VoIP or online gamer who has a roommate or a family member who uses BitTorrent (or any P2P application) knows what a nightmare it is when BitTorrent is in use. The ping (round trip...

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How to optimize your DSL broadband performance with Jumbo Frame support

In my last article on “Why BitTorrent causes so much latency and how to fix it“, I talked a little about packet sizes and some people asked me what the optimum packet size for maximum throughput is on...

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Innovation 08 panel on Net Neutrality at Santa Clara University

Thursday morning I sat on a panel at the Innovation 08 Net Neutrality event at Santa Clara University.  This came right at the heals of my Brussels trip where I gave a presentation on Net Neutrality to...

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Fairness is the ultimate end-game in network management

Update 8/12/2008 – Robb Topolski has graciously apologized for the personal attacks. I have to admit that I was surprised at the speed at which I’ve been attacked on my latest FCC filing “Guide to...

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Alleged Netflix “deliberate throttling” conspiracy is normal congestion

The folks at breakitdownblog.com have accused Netflix of deliberately throttling their users to 480 Kbps (60 KB/sec).  Their proof?  Downloading a video stream using 10 TCP flows is 10 times faster...

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Debunking the hype that the new BitTorrent protocol is “network friendly”

The story that the new BitTorrent client uTorrent 2.0 is “network friendly” is making the top headlines on the Web and mailing lists.  The only problem with this story it that it has no actual data to...

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