Multiple sites reported a while ago that Comcast was using Sandvine to do tcp packet resets to throttle BitTorrent connections of their users. This practice may be a thing of the past as it’s been found a simple rule in the Linux firewall, iptables, can simply just block their reset packets, returning your BitTorrent back to normal speeds and allowing you to once again connect to all your seeds and peer. So, if you are tired of Sandvine (the application used by Comcast to throttle Bit Torrent with fake TCP packet resets) screwing with your BitTorrent and a user of GNU/Linux, then this is for you. I will tell you how to take your bandwidth back.

There was huge turnout at today's public hearing in Boston on the future of the Internet. Hundreds of concerned citizens arrived to speak out on the importance of an open Internet. Many took the day off from work -- standing outside in the Boston cold -- to see the FCC Commissioners. But when they reach the door, they're told they couldn't come in.

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Comcast -- or someone who really, really likes Comcast -- evidently bused in its own crowd. These seat-warmers, were paid to fill the room, a move that kept others from taking part.

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More than 100 people who arrived at the appointed time for the hearing were turned away by campus police because the room was already full.

Local mirror of man explaining that he was told to hold a seat.