The Unintended Consequences of Rogers’ Packet Shaping

There is speculation that Rogers is mistakenly treating the email traffic as BitTorrent traffic, thereby creating noticeable slowdowns. Indeed, I have been advised that the University computer help desk has received a steady stream of complaints from Rogers customers about off-campus email service… If true, this form of network interference – implemented with virtually no transparency and now affecting basic Internet services such as email.—The Unintended Consequences of Rogers’ Packet Shaping