Comment on Using BitTorrent with Amazon S3parentComments−Zikes11yAT&T does. My internet would become unusably unstable every time I torrented, so I called them about it. They said they blocked torrents to "comply with the law" or somesuch BS, nevermind that I was attempting to download a Linux distro.−ikeboy11yI didn't say they didn't, just that they weren't allowed to. See e.g. http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/05/technology/fcc-net-neutralit...−devicenull11yYou may have also been hitting this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BufferbloatI wouldn't put a lot of faith into what front-line tech support says. They'll often outright lie to you to get you off the phone.
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AT&T does. My internet would become unusably unstable every time I torrented, so I called them about it. They said they blocked torrents to "comply with the law" or somesuch BS, nevermind that I was attempting to download a Linux distro.
I didn't say they didn't, just that they weren't allowed to. See e.g. http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/05/technology/fcc-net-neutralit...
You may have also been hitting this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufferbloat
I wouldn't put a lot of faith into what front-line tech support says. They'll often outright lie to you to get you off the phone.