[YNetNews.Com] Israeli internet service providers block P2P traffic

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First of its kind research conducted by Ynet in collaboration with surfers, bloggers suggests two of Israel’s largest internet service providers perform manipulation on file sharing traffic

[…] Ynet has conducted a first of its kind research in Israel with the assistance of bloggers, surfers and technology reporters which suggests that two of the largest Internet providers in Israel are interfering with their clients’ traffic.

Our findings were that there is direct and deliberate interference in P2P traffic by at least two out of the three major ISPs and that this interference exists by both P2P caching and P2P blocking.

Communications Ministry spokesman Dr. Yechiel Shabi said in response, « The research materials relayed to us paint a picture which arouses the need for thorough examination. After we become familiar with the study’s findings, we shall consider the need for interference, supervision or regulation of the matter. »

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3819279,00.html