Google Helping out File Sharers

Google offers a new tool which file sharers can use to find out if their local ISP is interfering with their Internet traffic

Google, well known for its favourable stanza when it comes to net neutrality, has launched a new set of tools – Measurement Lab (M-Lab) – created as a device for testing the speed of your Internet connection. A particular feature caught the eye of those who spend a lot of time searching and downloading stuff via Bittorrent (care to venture a numbe?). Its name is Glasnost, and it tells you if your tests P2P traffic has been throttled.

The media giant is currently working also on other two interesting projects, DiffProbe and Nano, electricpi.co.uk reports. The purpose of these tools is to verify is ISP is routing traffic from certain groups, locations and applications. Furthermore, the results can be actually seen by anyone.

The announcements are expected to make some noise in the U.S. where the issue of p2p traffic throttling has brought some companies to the public attention and made them notorious for their policy (Comcast for its past practices, Cox Communications for its recent announcement).