TorrentFreak

TorrentFreak

Infobox Website
name = TorrentFreak.com (TorrentFreak)


caption = TorrentFreak frontpage on November 12th, 2007
url = [http://torrentfreak.com/ torrentfreak.com]
type = Weblog
owner = Ernesto
author = Ernesto (Modified WordPress)
launch date = November 12, 2005
revenue = Advertisements
language = English

TorrentFreak is a weblog dedicated to reporting the latest news on the BitTorrent protocol and anything closely related to it. TorrentFreak was started in November 2005 by a Dutchman named Ernesto. [ [http://uscpwned.blogspot.com/2007/05/final-project-interview-2-ernesto-of.html Pwned: Final Project Interview #2: Ernesto of TorrentFreak.com ] ] He added Smaran to his staff in September 2006, as well as Enigmax in February 2007. [ [http://torrentfreak.com/about/ About | TorrentFreak ] ]

TorrentFreak is listed in Technorati's top 100 blogs [ [http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs/ Technorati Popular: Top 100 blogs ] ] and among the 25 most popular domains featured on the frontpage of Digg. [ [http://blog.yuvisense.net/2007/10/04/statbot-top-100-sites-on-diggcom-by-nett-diggs/ StatBot: Top 100 Sites on Digg.com by Nett Diggs | YuviSense: Codin Kid ] ]

Comcast BitTorrent Throttling

On August 17th, 2007 TorrentFreak reported that Comcast had begun throttling its upload bandwidth, specifically against BitTorrent users. This made seeding, which is an essential part of the BitTorrent protocol, effectively impossible. [ [http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=132115 Light Reading - IP & Convergence - Comcast Takes on TorrentFreak - Telecom News Analysis ] ] It was later determined that Comcast was using Sandvine products which implement network traffic shaping and policing, and include support for both blocking new and forcefully terminating established network connections. Comcast has denied these claims whenever they have been asked to comment. A guide, for customer service representatives when asked about Comcast's BitTorrent throttling, was leaked to the Consumerist on October 26th, 2007. [ [http://consumerist.com/consumer/leaks/comcasts-we-dont-throttle-bittorrent-internal-talking-points-memo-315791.php Leaks: Comcast's "We Don't Throttle BitTorrent" Internal Talking Points Memo ] ]

Controversy

In October 2007, TorrentFreak was criticized for attributing the temporary shutdown of the Demonoid.com BitTorrent Tracker to the CRIA, when nobody had knowledge of the true reason for the downtime. It was later revealed that TorrentFreak was, in fact, correct in its assertion that Demonoid was shutdown by the CRIA, [ [http://www.nu.nl/news/1249300/50/rss/Torrentsite_Demonoid_opnieuw_offline.html nu.nl/internet | Torrentsite Demonoid opnieuw offline ] ] and that the accusations [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20071011024326/http://www.thecircuitbox.com/demonoid/ | Archive.org copy of accusations] ] against TorrentFreak, made by Demonoid staff, were false.

References

External links

* [http://torrentfreak.com TorrentFreak.com]


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