...and join me in my boycott of Comcast. Blocking a completely legitimate, beneficial technology just because some may use it for illegal purposes is ridiculous; what are they going to do next, ban computers because they can be used for illegal purposes? Bittorrent is used to distribute perfectly legitimate materials, such as Linux distros and streaming video, and it is utterly abhorrent. Comcast is virtually unopposed as a provider of broadband internet in many areas, and as such, they are feeling full enough of themselves to start taking away services, likely to ease growing pressure from the RIAA, etc. Please protest/boycott their decision, or do what I do and use an EV-DO card.:-)
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...and join me in my boycott of Comcast. Blocking a completely legitimate, beneficial technology just because some may use it for illegal purposes is ridiculous; what are they going to do next, ban computers because they can be used for illegal purposes? Bittorrent is used to distribute perfectly legitimate materials, such as Linux distros and streaming video, and it is utterly abhorrent. Comcast is virtually unopposed as a provider of broadband internet in many areas, and as such, they are feeling full enough of themselves to start taking away services, likely to ease growing pressure from the RIAA, etc. Please protest/boycott their decision, or do what I do and use an EV-DO card. :-)