[AusNOG] News: Telstra to clamp down on peer-to-peer

[Chris Ricks]

They already do clamp down on peer-to-peer by counting uploads, surely?

On 05/02/13 16:59, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> From the SMH
> @ http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/telstra-to-clamp-down-on-peertopeer-20130205-2dvus.html
>
> ---
>
> Telstra is planning to slow the speed at which its customers download
> content through peer-to-peer (P2P) networks
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer> in peak periods as part of
> a trial.
>
> P2P networks are commonly used to download pirated material such as
> movies, music and video games.
>
>
> Telstra confirmed the move in a statement after a source contacted
> Fairfax Media, publisher of this article, to say the telco planned to
> introduce throttling as a "trial" that was likely to become permanent
> and which required users to opt out if they didn't want to take part
> in it.
>
>
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> The trial could begin as soon as this week, the source added.
>
>
> The Telstra statement said it would be conducting a "limited trial of
> a range of technical options for better managing broadband internet
> performance for our customers during peak periods".
>
>
> One option being looked at was the shaping of specific services,
> including some peer-to-peer services, in certain circumstances and at
> certain times. The telco could shape such services using deep packet
> inspection <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_packet_inspection> (DPI)
> technology, which can identify the types of network traffic flowing
> through a network and prioritise it accordingly.
>
>
> "Once the trial is complete we will consider the results as part of
> our future network planning and product development activities," the
> company said.
>
>
> "The trial does not involve any monitoring or tracking of the sites
> customers visit and the findings we gather, including their feedback,
> are being collected in accordance with our privacy statement," Telstra
> said.
>
>
> Critics of ISPs that interfere with P2P say it has many uses that
> aren't illegal, such as downloading large files, and that it shouldn't
> be interfered with. But most acknowledge it is used for sharing
> copyright-protected material
>
>
> Telstra's plan to shape peer-to-peer network traffic was first mooted
> by the industry publication /RCR Wireless/ in May 2011, when Telstra
> executive director Michael Lawrey threatened in a speech
> <http://www.rcrwireless.com/unplugged/index.php/20110523/carriers/9137/telstra-proudly-declares-intent-to-cut-off-bandwidth-hogs/> in
> Dublin to cut off "downloaders of illegal content", whom he reportedly
> blamed for network congestion.
>
>
> The /RCR Wireless/ article no longer appears online but Mr Lawrey's
> quotes remain on the Australian technology news
> website /iTnews/, which repeated them
> <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/258515,telstra-aims-throttling-at-its-hungriest-customers.aspx>.
>
> /RCR Wireless/ quoted Mr Lawrey as saying Telstra would also take
> action against customers believed to be abusing the carrier's fair-use
> policies.
>
>
> "We probably haven't even used our fair use small print yet. But we
> will," Mr Lawrey reportedly said.
>
>
> He was also reported to have said that if the carrier's proposed
> system "cut out 80 per cent of the non-value adding traffic -- good".
>
>
> According to the /RCR Wireless/ article, about 80 per cent of
> Telstra's data was chewed up by high bandwidth users.
>
>
> "I'd rather not have those 80 per cent as customers. I'd rather
> someone else had them as customers," Mr Lawrey reportedly said.
>
>
> He did not say whether he was talking about fixed-line, smartphone
> customers or both.
>
>
> Exetel, a smaller ISP than Telstra, used to throttle
> <http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/exetel_faq_prioritize>, or
> "deprioritise", peer-to-peer traffic during peak periods. Its terms
> and conditions say it can still do so but a staff member last
> year said on its forum that it did not shape
> <https://forum.exetel.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=284&t=39103> "any type of
> traffic".
>
>
> Illegal downloading via BitTorrent networks has been in slight decline
> for some time
> <http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/game-of-thrones-crowned-king-of-downloads-20121224-2buay.html>,
> though reports suggest there was a small rise in 2012. In part that
> would be fuelled by faster internet services worldwide and a migration
> away from traditional television in which some consumers now
> exclusively watch TV content via the internet.
>
>
>
> Read
> more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/telstra-to-clamp-down-on-peertopeer-20130205-2dvus.html#ixzz2K09ebWjy
>
>
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>
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