File Sharers Get Help Spotting ISP Moves

March 26, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- Vuze Inc., a California-based company that provides a popular file-sharing program, is giving its users a tool to help figure out if their Internet service provider is interfering with their traffic.

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