I though its about time we heard from the rest of the world regarding this attack on the cosumer that they operate stealthily.
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/20/canadian_isp_blockin.htmlThree readers have written to say that they can't reproduce this error, or that it only occurs intermittently for them. It may be that Rogers is fine-tuning its packet-shaping app to catch fewer false positives from the iTunes server.
From what I understand, they are not so much filtering/stopping/blocking downloads as much as capping the bandwidth available to certain protocols (ie BitTorrent)." So, basically, Shaw isn't trying to break iTunes. They're trying to break other legit services like Prodigem and Commonbits. Breaking iTunes is just a unhappy accident.
Also this is the original link that alerted some folks to the problem
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=239295&tstart=0Over the past month Rogers (ISP) in Canada has put some software on their networks that prevents activity for BitTorrents, P2P, IRC, and also along with that is a rule that if you are trying to download a large media file from more then 1 server it will be dropped. When you download a Podcast from iTunes it downloads that file from multiple servers in the background (I confirmed this by watching my cable modem logs). As soon as it tries to use more than 2 different servers for the download, it just stops. That's the reason why Podcast downloads stop at random places - it's the point where a 2nd server is involved in the download. The same issue causes timeouts and cut-offs in the iTunes music store.
Here is the problem - when anyone calls Rogers about the problem they say it is either a router, firewall or Apple problem and they shrug you off.
Hundreds or thousands of people in Canada can no longer get Podcasts or purchase music from the iTunes Music store. This is BAD. Please, Apple, contact Rogers and sort it out. So many people have called Rogers with no luck.
Hmm very crafty of Rogers to offer folks a service they then sneakily make sure you cannot get after taking your cash , we have a name for ISP,s like this "
Theives".
I hope you can all see why using
Rogers cable is probably a useless idea if you wish to use P2P software, they have decided that you cant.
Boycott them and watch them either change their tune or lose market share and hopefully go bankrupt. :twisted:
