Naughty Comcast

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

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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