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Comcast Admits Delaying, Not Blocking, P2P Traffic
haibijon writes "The executive declined to talk in detail about the technology, citing spammers or other miscreants who might exploit that knowledge. But he insisted the company was not stopping file transfers from happening, only postponing them in certain cases. He compared it to making a phone call and getting a busy signal, then trying again and getting through."
On that note, I'm not "cancelling" my service with you. I'm merely "delaying" signing back up with your company (indefinitely).
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
/. reading too :-/
Gah, Comcast is delaying my
So they're not actually stopping the transfers, they're postponing them indefinitely.
*Sigh of relief*
I'm just delaying it...I tried to put my payment in the mailbox and there were other letters there so I waited until it was less congested....
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Yes like my porn, and that order for my new wife.
I smoked pot once. But I DID NOT inhale. Will you hire me?
what is this "gym" you speak of?
Comparing with a phone service is correct, if they did this to a commercial customer and deliberately stopped a certain percentage of calls that had to then be re-dialled they would be accused of blocking calls.
He should have said "its like a set of tubes its just that P2P traffic is heavier so it sinks to the bottom, and as everyone knows with rivers they flow slower at the bottom so we aren't delaying them its just that P2P traffic is like a Pike, its a heavier fish that swims at the bottom while the normal internet stuff is like a salmon at the surface. Pike also eat cute little ducklings so P2P is evil"
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
Using openSUSE instead of Windows since 9th of October, 2007 and liking it.
Well obviously if this is affecting you should drop Comcast and chose from the 3 or 4 other major broadband providers that can provide megabit service to your home.
Oh..that's right...there aren't any other major providers in your area....
Back in the olden days, when people used to write checks, a friend of mine used to make his phone bills payable to "Adolf Hitler" and "Ayatollah Khomenei" and they all went through, every one of them.
That's because they both work for the phone companies
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