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July 30, 2008
FCC says Comcast Illegally Interfered With Web File-Sharing Traffic
Whispers have been circulating for some time that Comcast has been interfering with customers who use BitTorrent to share large video files over the Comcast network. Of course, Comcast has vehemently denied this shocking and eye-opening accusation.
Today's article in The Washington Post declares that the Federal Communications Commission has determined that Comcast has in fact illegally interfered with the web file sharing traffic of their internet service customers.
Shame on you Comcast. Personally, I'm glad I dumped you a year ago. Your service is spotty.... Your prices are high.... And now you believe that it's within your realm of control to throttle the delivery of customer files. Shame on you.
The two bright spots I see in this ongoing saga are:
1. It sounds like all BitTorrent files do get delivered, just that they are purposely throttled to a slower speed. Better late than never I suppose....
2. There is still no proof that Comcast is also throttling files transferred over FTP or SSH. Yet.
It seems to me that network bandwidth is the real problem, NOT customers trying to use the Internet to move big files around (which is the spin that Comcast is trying to plant). The primary issue is that Comcast can't deliver enough network bandwidth to support the demands of their customer base.
Posted by Hugh Garber at July 30, 2008 07:47 AM digg this add to del.icio.us add to My Web Furl this page
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