Indiscriminate transfer control of "BitTorrent" begins at overseas providers at last

One of the overseas Internet providers "Comcast"Is the P2P file sharing protocol"BitTorrent"We are beginning to regulate the transfer of indiscriminate, becoming a topic mainly for overseas users. BitTorrent efficiently transfers large capacity files such as Linux ISO images,It is used to share the movie file of the film released at the festivalThere is considerable legitimate use, so much argument is being raised on the Internet about this measure to regulate indiscriminately without identifying whether the contents of the file being transferred are legal or illegal.

Details are as follows.
Comcast Throttles BitTorrent Traffic, Seeding Impossible | TorrentFreak

Slashdot | Comcast Hinders Bit Torrent Traffic

If the provider identifies the contents of the packet by filtering etc. and transfers illegal files by sharing it, it seems that overseas it may be possible to regulate the transfer amount because of that reason, BitTorrent has a function of encrypting packets at the time of transfer, so it has not been subject to regulation until now because it does not know what packet the content is encrypted.

However, Comcast seems to start regulating indiscriminately even for such encrypted packets and block all communications related to BitTorrent one by one.

The Azureus Wiki, famous for being a high-performance client as a BitTorrent client, has a table that summarizes what kind of restrictions are imposed on providers around the world.

Bad ISPs - Azureus Wiki

There seems to be various patterns such as a type that regulates by tracking and regulating even if changing the port number, from simple regulation by port number, or when speed regulation is done by time.

By the way, what is the current situation in Japan is like this.

ISP regulation information Wiki
http://isp.oshietekun.net/

In Japan, there are few providers that do not regulate the amount of transfer currently, and it seems quite common to disconnect further communication for certain P2P software, such as Winny. When it became a bad provider, there was also an example of doing mechanical maliciously things such as e-mails other than P2P, FTP, etc. are regulated collectively as they get caught by regulations. It seems that such regulations are diminishing as expected truly ......

If SoftBank Mobile is cautioned to say that there was too much expression on cellular phone advertisements, despite implementing stringent communication restrictions, customers are able to use "catchphrase" if you like light in broadband, Guidance, attention, warning should be done for providers who are fishing? Especially if regulations on traffic volume are clearly described as "regulation when transferring weekly ~ ~ GB or more", if you do not clearly write even if you look at the rules etc, it is too malicious.