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FCC To investigate Comcast Bittorrent Meddling
An anonymous reader writes "FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday that the commission will investigate complaints that Comcast actively interferes with Internet traffic as its subscribers try to share files online. A coalition of consumer groups and legal scholars asked the agency in November to stop Comcast from discriminating against certain types of data and to fine Comcast $195,000 for every affected subscriber. While known for months in tech circles, the issue wasn't given broad attention until an Associated Press report last year, in which reporters tested and verified the data blocking."
Yea, must be the latter, because everything is a big political plot to stop you from getting your porn. Dumbass.
Honestly, who cares? It helps legitimate customers manage to squeek out a few emails and web pages amongst the massive hogging of the leaches who steal content from those of us who actually pay for what we use.
Two things:
1. If you want a business class connection, PAY FOR IT! You don't run servers on a residential class connection, and BitTorrent requires a server.
2. There's no reason you need BitTorrent. Linux distributions managed to get by without BitTorrent for years. Companies most certainly can afford to pay their bandwidth costs instead of forcing their customers to open up a potential security risk by opening a port.
So seriously, who care? This doesn't affect the average customer. The only customers it does affect are those who are using more bandwidth than they could reasonably expect to on a residential connection. If you want to use the bandwidth, get a business class connection. Otherwise, stop complaining when your limited connection turns out to be limited.
Bandwidth is not unlimited. Stupid networks are not efficient. Your solution creates more problems than it solves. If you want better service, pay for a business internet account. Quit taking away freedom by using the govt. to force others to do things the way you want them done, especially since you don't understand what you are saying, or its implications. What you want increases the price of bandwidth, and I don't want to be forced to pay for your bandwidth. Hopefully, if you do get your way, they'll start charging per bit so you pay your fair share.