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Is this thing on?

I think this might my first, second or third post and I know all about starting new threads but just in case somebody is bored and wants to answer a question ....

Why did my Bitcoin-Qt v0.8.0-beta stop connecting through SOCKS 5 proxy last month? It always worked that way before while running the Tor browser concurrently. Then suddenly nothing. It ran un-Torrified just fine but I really like running it over Tor.

Did it have something to do with the bifurcation problem that requires switch over to v0.8.1-beta? Anyway, I installed the new client and am starting a brand new wallet which is now catching up on approximately 1100 days of transactions (I think). I'm starting a new wallet because the old one was empty, was not secured through Tor, and was perhaps the cause of my being able to connect to the Bitcoin network through Tor.

Also, Is Comcast possibly throttling Bitcoin traffic because it looks like Bittorrent?

I know how to use the search function so don't yell at me about that. Just answer if you're bored or otherwise inclined to help out a newb.