This is the Internet, and we are in charge here.
While Comcast and the Gummint fight it out, the protocol has evolved to route around the problem. BitTorrent packets can now be encrypted with three mouse clicks. Any other protocol that has ISP filtering problems can adapt the same sort of procedure, at no cost. It's trivial.
http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-encry...rrent-traffic/