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Re:Netflix to block proxy access to content not available lo... by aianus on Thursday January 14, 2016 @11:11PM (#10907120)
There are many ISPs that do deep packet throttling of torrent traffic. Encryption helps against the throttling (but, of course, so does an encrypted VPN connection.
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Re:Netflix to block proxy access to content not available lo... by rudolf0 on Friday January 15, 2016 @01:25PM (#10911074)
That's true. Though I suspect in some cases, your downloads might be slower with a VPN than with throttling.

I also believe that in the US, it's technically illegal for ISPs to do this.

http://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-formally-rules-comcasts-throttl...

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