Re: Naughty Comcast

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

You mean they didn't do this yet? How come they are still in business?


On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Alex Eckelberry wrote:

> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/
> <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/>
>
> NEW YORK - Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of
> its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files
> <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/#>  online, a move that runs
> counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally.
>
> The interference, which The Associated Press confirmed through
> nationwide tests, is the most drastic example yet of data discrimination
> by a U.S. Internet service provider. It involves company computers
> masquerading as those of its users.
>
> If widely applied by other ISPs, the technology Comcast is using would
> be a crippling blow to the BitTorrent, eDonkey and Gnutella file-sharing
> networks. While these are mainly known as sources of copyright
> <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/#>  music, software and movies,
> BitTorrent in particular is emerging as a legitimate tool for quickly
> disseminating legal content.
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