Tag: isp throttling

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The State of Torrenting in 2026: Why the “Dead” Protocol Is More Alive Than Ever

Remember the promise that streaming would solve piracy forever? The logic was sound: give people an affordable, convenient library of everything, and they will gladly put away their torrent clients. For a while, it worked. But we are in 2026 now, and the “Netflix and chill” era (in its original sense, of course) has morphed… Read more.

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ISP Throttling: Do VPNs Help Streaming?

It’s 7:30 p.m. on a Friday. You’ve just sat down with a pizza, fired up Netflix, and are ready to binge that new series everyone is talking about. You pay for a 500 Mbps connection—enough bandwidth to stream 4K video on ten screens simultaneously. Yet, the moment the opening credits roll, the quality drops to… Read more.