FCC Seeks Comment In Comcast P2P Investigation

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The FCC has officially opened proceedings investigating Comcast's use of Sandvine to send RST packets and 'throttle' P2P connections by disconnecting them. The petitioner, Vuze, Inc. is asking the FCC to rule that Comcast's measures do not constitute 'reasonable network management' per the FCC rules and to forbid Comcast from unreasonably discriminating against lawful Internet applications, content, and technologies. If you want to weigh in on these proceedings, you can use the Electronic Comment Filing System to comment on WC Docket no. 07-52 any time before February 13th."

Comments

Excellent Use of Slashdot Power

[cheesethegreat]

Posting the link to the public comment filing system was an excellent decision. The problem with these "Public" comment periods is that there are very minimal requirements for advertising the opportunity to comment, and too often the only people who know about it are the parties actually involved in the litigation. Slashdot users are (often) some of the most well-informed and affected members of the community with regards to technology issues, and Slashdot editors ought to ensure that they include information about opportunities to make public comments on ongoing regulatory issues whenever possible.

Re:Excellent Use of Slashdot Power

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashdot users are (often) some of the most well-informed and affected members of the community with regards to technology issues

You must be n... no, that's too easy. Try reading /. at -1 from time to time, you might reconsider your above statement after that.

Re:Excellent Use of Slashdot Power

[thePowerOfGrayskull]

Slashdot users are (often) some of the most well-informed and affected members of the community with regards to technology issues

Thanks for the chuckle. You'll want to set your filter to below "+4" sometime; the vast majority of slashdotters are just as uninformed as the rest of the public -- except worse, because we don't /know/ we're just as uninformed.

Re:Excellent Use of Slashdot Power

[houstonbofh]

Slashdot users are (often) some of the most well-informed and affected members of the community with regards to technology issues

You must be n... no, that's too easy. Try reading /. at -1 from time to time, you might reconsider your above statement after that.

Both are correct. We have some of the most well informed, and some of the biggest idiots around. I feel sorry for the FCC since the commenst section isn't moderated. No browsing at +2 for them. :(

Forging packets = questionable activity

[Danathar]

Although Comcast has the right to throttle and manage their network connectivity, forging packets will probably get them in trouble. IANAL

Re:Forging packets = questionable activity

[budgenator]

If that is what they were doing I would be more generous, but they are advertising unlimited high-speed and they are blocking 24/7. If it were just during peak usage periods then I'd consider it network management because I'd be getting unlimited high-speed most of the time rather than none of the time.

And monkeys might fly out of my butt...

[pla]

FCC Seeks Comment In Comcast P2P Investigation

Why, so they can ignore it again?

The public who understands it, opposes it. The rest of the public has no clue what they even asked (though would oppose it if they did). And the FCC will still side with the three comments from guys like Rupert Murdoch.

Kevin Martin has selective attention disorder

[QCompson]

Big money/Corporations = Kevin Martin is all ears
Concerned citizens = Kevin Martin hears nothing

If Kevin Martin can ignore the public outrage about relaxing media ownership rules that he witnessed personally at several town hall meetings, he'll have no trouble ignoring a bunch of public comments on the internet. He's a corporate lapdog. This Comcast "investigation" is merely a formality and a complete joke.

Re:Deja Vu

[elrous0]

That's what REALLY pisses me off about these companies. It would be one thing if they would just publicly state their limits and at least allow users the option to pay more for bandwidth. But the fact that they try to advertise these services as "unlimited," then give you the boot when you try to use it (while refusing to tell you what the limit even is) is nothing less than outright consumer fraud.