Comcast subscribers that have signed up to Comcast’s Xfinity broadband service have found that the US internet service provider is blocking access to the popular and controversial The Pirate Bay file-sharing service.

Members of Reddit took to the website to complain of the block, with many Twitter users confirming that access had been blocked on their residential connections. TorrentFreak, speaking with members of ThePirateBay team, has confirmed that the file-sharing website is not actively blocking Comcast users, but the broadband provider has remained silent on the issue.

Comcast users all over the US are finding requests to access the website are failing, with a traceroute showing the connection making its way to the thepiratebay.piratpartiet.se, as it should do, but not completing the request.

ThePirateBay has also been affected by Comcast in the past, the ISP had previously blocked Bittorrent traffic, throttling active connections. The company denied it was doing so at the time, but later admitted to applying restrictions on its service. The FCC investigated the matter, deciding to sanction Comcast for its unfair treatment of Bittorrent users before the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia overruled the ruling, meaning Comcast could go back to throttling BitTorrent users.

It is not known if Comcast is purposefully blocking ThePirateBay or it is an error on the company’s part. The issues don’t appear to be DNS related but we have contacted the company for comment. We will update as soon as we have a response.

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