Is your ISP monitoring your bandwidth?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a new advanced tool to help users test their Internet connection for bandwidth interference from their ISP.
Called ‘Switzerland,’ the open source, command line tool was created in response to the FCC’s landmark decision last week to fine Comcast for restricting P2P traffic on its broadband network.
Part of the EFF’s Test Your ISP project, Switzerland can detect anti-P2P tools like Sandvine and Audible Magic, and is able to keep copies of any modified data that your ISP injects into your file transfer. This is significant as anti-P2P software typically modifies data being transferred which then tricks your computer into terminating the connection.
