Does Comcast block peer-to-peer (“P2P”) traffic or applications like BitTorrent, Gnutella, or others?
No. Today, Comcast does not block P2P traffic or applications like BitTorrent, Gnutella, or others as part of its current network congestion management technique. It is important to note, however, that the current network congestion technique, which will be replaced by the end of 2008, may on a limited basis temporarily delay certain P2P traffic when that traffic has, or is projected to have, an adverse effect on other customers’ use of the service. We do this because, in certain situations, that type of traffic consumes a disproportionately large amount of network resources.
