Comments on: Comcast Continues to Blow Smoke http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/04/01/comcast-continues-to-blow-smoke/ Tracking the battle over Network Neutrality Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:30:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: shallm http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/04/01/comcast-continues-to-blow-smoke/#comment-97538 shallm Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:30:18 +0000 http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/04/01/comcast-continues-to-blow-smoke/#comment-97538 I think that it is even worst now. Last week Comcast started to block hosting competitors IP’s. List of blocked IP’s bluehost.com godaddy.com yahoo mail google mail Comcast promises to unblock IP’s if you file individual request, but in fact – does not take any action to keep its promise. Mariya Shall I think that it is even worst now. Last week Comcast started to block hosting competitors IP’s.

List of blocked IP’s
bluehost.com
godaddy.com
yahoo mail
google mail

Comcast promises to unblock IP’s if you file individual request, but in fact – does not take any action to keep its promise.

Mariya Shall

]]> By: Brett Glass http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/04/01/comcast-continues-to-blow-smoke/#comment-96119 Brett Glass Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:47:54 +0000 http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/04/01/comcast-continues-to-blow-smoke/#comment-96119 It was right and necessary for Comcast to throttle P2P. Under current conditions, no ISP can survive and provide quality service without some form of P2P mitigation. BitTorrent is not being honest in that it will not admit that its software is primarily a vehicle for pirated music and video, or that its software is purposefully designed to seize priority over other applications, or that its primary use by the very few non-infringing content providers who use it is to shift their bandwidth costs from themselves to the user's ISP. Comcast has had very klutzy PR, and has put forth the worst possible spokespeople and witnesses, but all of this is nonetheless true. And while regulation would only be a minor slap on the wrist to Comcast, it would kill small, rural, and independent ISPs. Such ISPs, not being politically powerful and being too involved in actually providing Internet to do politics, have not gotten a seat at the table at any of the FCC hearings, so the public has not heard that. But in fact prohibiting the throttling of P2P (or its prohibition by contract) would put these small operators out of business, leaving a duopoly. And Comcast, Time Warner, Bresnan, Verizon, SBC, and Qwest really would "own" the Internet; there would be no consumer choice left. It was right and necessary for Comcast to throttle P2P. Under current conditions, no ISP can survive and provide quality service without some form of P2P mitigation. BitTorrent is not being honest in that it will not admit that its software is primarily a vehicle for pirated music and video, or that its software is purposefully designed to seize priority over other applications, or that its primary use by the very few non-infringing content providers who use it is to shift their bandwidth costs from themselves to the user’s ISP. Comcast has had very klutzy PR, and has put forth the worst possible spokespeople and witnesses, but all of this is nonetheless true. And while regulation would only be a minor slap on the wrist to Comcast, it would kill small, rural, and independent ISPs. Such ISPs, not being politically powerful and being too involved in actually providing Internet to do politics, have not gotten a seat at the table at any of the FCC hearings, so the public has not heard that. But in fact prohibiting the throttling of P2P (or its prohibition by contract) would put these small operators out of business, leaving a duopoly. And Comcast, Time Warner, Bresnan, Verizon, SBC, and Qwest really would “own” the Internet; there would be no consumer choice left.

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