Re: [tor-talk] Comcast looking for Tor traffic, contacting customers to threaten termination of service.

[ITechGeek <itg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, it did start-up much quicker when I just did it.

So I guess Comcast isn't shaping anymore than things like Netflix.

I just don't remember it taking so long even w/ a fresh download of TBB.
I'll try to remember to try it out on a couple evenings this coming week
and see how it works.

Once I was on, it felt a little slow but I think it has also been a while
since I've used tor during the 6pm-10pm weekday timeframe.


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On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Katya Titov <kattitov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ITechGeek:
> > I would just like to chime in as a Comcast customer, tonight was the
> > first time I've tried hopping on tor browser since this rumor
> > surfaced and traditionally when I launch the tor browser I see tor
> > connect and I'm on.
> >
> > Tonight it took a couple minutes before I was able to connect (I was
> > able to search for this thread, catch up on every message since the
> > 14th, and read Comcast's notice and the comments before tor was
> > connected-Not sure if tor has ever taken that long to connect).
> >
> > This could just be something going on tonight or Comcast could be
> > doing traffic shaping and this would be another Comcast will deny all
> > interference with traffic until someone proves otherwise.
>
> I have a TBB installation that I only use every few weeks. That always
> takes significantly longer to start. I think the delay is because it has
> a larger number of descriptors to download.
>
> Try running at least once a day for a while and see if start-up is
> quicker.
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