The Federal Communications Commission will investigate complaints that Comcast Corp. actively interferes with Internet traffic as its subscribers try to share files online, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday. A coalition of consumer groups and legal scholars asked the agency in November to stop Comcast from discriminating against certain types of data. Two groups also asked the FCC to fine the nation's No. 2 Internet provider $195,000 for every affected subscriber. "Sure, we're going to investigate and make sure that no consumer is going to be blocked," Martin told an audience at the International Consumer Electronics Show.
In an investigation last year, The Associated Press found that Comcast in some cases hindered file sharing by subscribers who used BitTorrent, a popular file-sharing program. The findings, first reported Oct. 19, confirmed claims by users who also noticed interference with other file-sharing applications. Comcast denies that it blocks file sharing, but acknowledged after the AP story that it was "delaying" some of the traffic between computers that share files. The company said the intervention was necessary to improve the surfing experience for the majority of its subscribers. Peer-to-peer file sharing is a common way to illegally exchange copyright files, but companies are also rushing to utilize it for legal distribution of video and game content. If ISPs hinder or control that traffic, it makes them important gatekeepers of Internet content.
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But anyway, getting back to the topic...
Rogers, one of the biggest ISPs in Canada, throttles all BT traffic, which was the one reason I decided to switch ISPs. Not only do they throttle, but they also impose fairly limited bandwidth caps and CHARGE for going over! I wouldn't mind so much if they did one of the two, but to throttle AND cap users is just mean. Some governing body in Canada should step up to the plate like the FCC down south and make Rogers rethink their strategy.
Last edited by Andy-Roo on 10 Jan 2008 - 00:08
But anyway, getting back to the topic...
Rogers, one of the biggest ISPs in Canada, throttles all BT traffic, which was the one reason I decided to switch ISPs. Not only do they throttle, but they also impose fairly limited bandwidth caps and CHARGE for going over! I wouldn't mind so much if they did one of the two, but to throttle AND cap users is just mean. Some governing body in Canada should step up to the plate like the FCC down south and make Rogers rethink their strategy.
Like I had said before, they're not called Jolly Rogers for nothing.
Is there such an alternate cable ISP here? I'd really like to know!
Last edited by rm20010 on 10 Jan 2008 - 05:14
im no internet expert but this kind of reminds me of the 'series of tubes' incident? like whats it called again..
Last edited by carmatic on 10 Jan 2008 - 04:40
I think this has more to do with people not understanding how torrents work and less to do with comcast filtering anything.
I think this has more to do with people not understanding how torrents work and less to do with comcast filtering anything.
No, it was proven that they actually are filtering BT
I think this has more to do with people not understanding how torrents work and less to do with comcast filtering anything.
No, it was proven that they actually are filtering BT
And the "tests" in which it was "proven" weren't much of tests. It still looks like the results were gathered by people who don't understand how torrents work.
ComCast has been proven by multiple people to be spoofing RST packets. Just Google ComCast RST. This will return the proof you are doubting.
Last edited by Redmak on 14 Jan 2008 - 16:12
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