RCN used QoS techniques on their network, which is expected. They weren't filtering BT or P2P per se. I'm not completely sure what this is in regards to, but I've never seen them as the big bad that Comcast was.
Please explain how "delaying or blocking P2P protocols." constitutes QoS? Delaying perhaps as that's what QoS does. It prioritizes those packets but blocking? QoS doesn't block AFAIK.
According to the judge's summary, RCN was charged with violating the Consumer Fraud and Abuse Act "by promising its customers 'fast and untapped' broadband Internet service, when in fact [it] was engaging in a network management practice called 'throttling,' which was designed to prevent or delay customers from using the Internet in certain ways, including for 'peer-to-peer' file sharing."
Sounds like bait and switch like what Concast has been doing. Don't promise if you can't deliver IMO.
I think, what most lay people don't understand is that the rule: 'Don't give out passwords indiscriminately' is equivalent to the Hippocratic oath for some IT admins, particularly those in charge of large networks. If he just handed out passwords insecurely, that would cause more damage than Childs locking down the network for a brief duration. I'm inclined to believe that he was acting in the good faith of his job, particularly because he was willing to be arrested over being fired/becoming redundant. I seriously hope he's cleared, because he performed his job to the letter.
You could always give those passwords to me and I'll be happy to hand them out to the proper people;-)
It's only "legitimate" if you accept that their tax on interstate commerce is also legitimate. Those taxes are the very kind of thing the interstate commerce clause was meant to prevent.
Why not just call them fees. That's how many other's are getting around the problem of taxes:-)
ARGH!! Stop saying FIOS is the best bandwidth in the country. Have you heard of Optimum Online Ultra? 101Mbit down, 15 Mbit up. I'm pretty sure thats faster than FIOS 50Mbit down, 20 Mbit up. And Ultra is $100/mo compared to FIOS $140/mo.
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Pay out the nose for our high speed internet! but if you dare use that speed we will lock you up.
Sounds like what happened with my family in 2007 with Concast.
Still after 3 years we aren't going back. I passed the Concast flyer to my wife the other day, she made an unflattering comment about the company then tossed it into the trash.
verizon better watch out. If there is competition in the area's they service and they get to be as crappy in their response then they will find people leaving for the competition as well.
After all, access to web sites like Google or slashdot are so over rated. Why go there when you can go to google.concast.com or slashdot.concast.com and get better service at a lower cost!!
The freedoms cost as much as you are going to sacrifice for it. Sacrifice means that you sacrifice something personal for communal good. That act of selflessness is largely incompatible with individualistic basis of American culture.
There are less and less freedoms because there are less and less people who are ready to get serious about getting less and less freedoms. Western culture "ends with a wimper" indeed.
I guess since our culture is one of less and less sacrifice then during this time of economic hardship we should stop sending food and money to other countries.
Yup, we're done as a culture. You guys can take it from here. Let us know how you do will ya.
Wow...all those years of double daring my data center colleagues to put the hand electric de-gausser to their forehead and turn it on for 30 seconds might have more of an effect than I anticipated.....
But if I'm buying a box of LEGO bricks that is advertised to be used, I'm going to be skeptical of anything advertised on the box that describes the new product. Marking something as used implies that it's not quite the same as it was when it was new, even if it comes with original packaging.
Because they can, and because we still buy their games. It's as simple as that. If we as a unit boycotted games that have these kind of stupid restrictions, I'd bet they will change their policies. But the fact of the matter is that most people don't care enough to make a boycott effective (and hence it won't work)... Does it suck? Absolutely...
"I'm now a believer that HFCS should be avoided whenever possible. "
Trouble is...HFCS is in fucking everything..
Just try to find something as simple as a loaf of bread, or salad dressing without HFCS in it.
When I started reading labels, trying to cut carbs on the few processed foodstuff I do buy...I was amazed to find how pervasive that shit is in everything out there...
But it is possible. I've found some breads that don't have it and are also low carbs (usually 10-13 carbs and little sugar). You have to look dude. I spent hours in the grocery store when I switched my diet over and believe me it really sucked. I was picking up everything and putting it all back... looking at labels. Finally found some and that goes for salad dressings also. The cheaper versions all have HFCS. Spending another 50 cents or dollar more however I found a few that didn't have HFCS and were low carb/sugar.
My food bill has gone up BUT my waistline has gone down. In 1 1/2 years I've lost over 40 pounds and am close to the weight I should have. I've bulked up in muscle (increased exercising but not by a lot). walking and light weight lifting with the change in diet I think makes a difference. But most important is going to sleep at a decent time. I've found getting about 8.5 hours of sleep a day helped. The body needs time to heal and refresh. Eating better was a big step but it's worth it.
768k DSL is fast enough for most people - posting on Facebook, checking CNN, sending webmail. The people who need 10MBit are the warez hounds and ISO downloaders.
Really? Have you tried to ssh while your wife or girlfriend was playing cafe world on facebook?
Surely, those Net Admins at Comcast will be looking at this and figuring out where the test is connecting to, and then modifying their configurations so that their filtering/slowdown settings do not interfere with a users ability to get FULL speed just to the testing site.
That would never happen. Concast is a good company with high quality people taking care of your every need. They should be applauded for providing a 3-6 meg pipe to every home. Just because it's a shared pipe doesn't mean anything. If everyone ran it at the right time throughout the day, it would look great. Just make sure you guys don't all run it at the same time on the same node. That would piss them off and you like your network pipe right?
So it's OK for everyone to pay for it as long as it's not called taxes? Brilliant.
Uhhh... You do realize you already are being taxed for it now right? Remember Clinton's NII bill in the 90's? Conservatively we've already paid over $200 billion and were supposed to get 45 meg up/down fiber to the home by 2015. So, how do you think they are doing? Have your fiber yet or are you like everyone else and still waiting?
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RCN used QoS techniques on their network, which is expected. They weren't filtering BT or P2P per se. I'm not completely sure what this is in regards to, but I've never seen them as the big bad that Comcast was.
Please explain how "delaying or blocking P2P protocols." constitutes QoS? Delaying perhaps as that's what QoS does. It prioritizes those packets but blocking? QoS doesn't block AFAIK.
According to the judge's summary, RCN was charged with violating the Consumer Fraud and Abuse Act "by promising its customers 'fast and untapped' broadband Internet service, when in fact [it] was engaging in a network management practice called 'throttling,' which was designed to prevent or delay customers from using the Internet in certain ways, including for 'peer-to-peer' file sharing."
Sounds like bait and switch like what Concast has been doing. Don't promise if you can't deliver IMO.
I think, what most lay people don't understand is that the rule: 'Don't give out passwords indiscriminately' is equivalent to the Hippocratic oath for some IT admins, particularly those in charge of large networks. If he just handed out passwords insecurely, that would cause more damage than Childs locking down the network for a brief duration. I'm inclined to believe that he was acting in the good faith of his job, particularly because he was willing to be arrested over being fired/becoming redundant. I seriously hope he's cleared, because he performed his job to the letter.
You could always give those passwords to me and I'll be happy to hand them out to the proper people ;-)
It's only "legitimate" if you accept that their tax on interstate commerce is also legitimate. Those taxes are the very kind of thing the interstate commerce clause was meant to prevent.
Why not just call them fees. That's how many other's are getting around the problem of taxes :-)
Uhm, wait a second, this is Slashdot, we aren't supposed to talk about how we meet lovely women and sleep with them
What is this "women" thing of which you speak?
Since this is Slashdot I'm going to guess it's a new linux distro. Perhaps it's out of beta by now too!
Great idea! Where can I get cheap 1 penny CDs? I'll hand-out the Ubuntu Linux discs like gumdrops. "Here kid. Try this."
supermediastore.com
ARGH!! Stop saying FIOS is the best bandwidth in the country. Have you heard of Optimum Online Ultra? 101Mbit down, 15 Mbit up. I'm pretty sure thats faster than FIOS 50Mbit down, 20 Mbit up. And Ultra is $100/mo compared to FIOS $140/mo.
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Based on the information you provided, Cablevision does not provide service in that area.
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If ONLY they were available in my area.
No no, they're hunting heavy users down, as in overweight. Just lose a few pounds and no problemo.
Dang. Good thing I started that low carb diet!
Pay out the nose for our high speed internet! but if you dare use that speed we will lock you up.
Sounds like what happened with my family in 2007 with Concast.
Still after 3 years we aren't going back. I passed the Concast flyer to my wife the other day, she made an unflattering comment about the company then tossed it into the trash.
verizon better watch out. If there is competition in the area's they service and they get to be as crappy in their response then they will find people leaving for the competition as well.
When did "regulate" become "micromanage"?
www.whitehouse.gov
check it out ;-)
Bye-bye internet, was nice knowing ya.
After all, access to web sites like Google or slashdot are so over rated. Why go there when you can go to google.concast.com or slashdot.concast.com and get better service at a lower cost!!
Simply don't show any form of intelligence and they'll let you pass.
But what if I don't want to join the TSA?
The freedoms cost as much as you are going to sacrifice for it. Sacrifice means that you sacrifice something personal for communal good. That act of selflessness is largely incompatible with individualistic basis of American culture.
There are less and less freedoms because there are less and less people who are ready to get serious about getting less and less freedoms. Western culture "ends with a wimper" indeed.
I guess since our culture is one of less and less sacrifice then during this time of economic hardship we should stop sending food and money to other countries.
Yup, we're done as a culture. You guys can take it from here. Let us know how you do will ya.
Given that Congress and the courts had abandoned us on this issue, complaining to your representative is essentially doing nothing.
Another reason I refuse to vote for Republicans or Democrats. Third parties all the way. The professional politicians can go and find a real job now.
Wow...all those years of double daring my data center colleagues to put the hand electric de-gausser to their forehead and turn it on for 30 seconds might have more of an effect than I anticipated.....
Yup. Big effect.
Today we call them politicians.
But if I'm buying a box of LEGO bricks that is advertised to be used, I'm going to be skeptical of anything advertised on the box that describes the new product. Marking something as used implies that it's not quite the same as it was when it was new, even if it comes with original packaging.
What no car analogy? what a rip off! ;-)
Because they can, and because we still buy their games. It's as simple as that. If we as a unit boycotted games that have these kind of stupid restrictions, I'd bet they will change their policies. But the fact of the matter is that most people don't care enough to make a boycott effective (and hence it won't work)... Does it suck? Absolutely...
That's why I'm not purchasing C&C4.
Besides, I hear it doesn't work with linux ;-)
Trouble is...HFCS is in fucking everything..
Move. Here in the UK, you hardly ever see it (and yes, I'm aware of the terminology difference: we call it inverted sugar syrup here).
I hear it's illegal in most of Europe. Is this true? I found some articles in google which suggested this was the case.
"I'm now a believer that HFCS should be avoided whenever possible. "
Trouble is...HFCS is in fucking everything..
Just try to find something as simple as a loaf of bread, or salad dressing without HFCS in it.
When I started reading labels, trying to cut carbs on the few processed foodstuff I do buy...I was amazed to find how pervasive that shit is in everything out there...
But it is possible. I've found some breads that don't have it and are also low carbs (usually 10-13 carbs and little sugar). You have to look dude. I spent hours in the grocery store when I switched my diet over and believe me it really sucked. I was picking up everything and putting it all back... looking at labels. Finally found some and that goes for salad dressings also. The cheaper versions all have HFCS. Spending another 50 cents or dollar more however I found a few that didn't have HFCS and were low carb/sugar.
My food bill has gone up BUT my waistline has gone down. In 1 1/2 years I've lost over 40 pounds and am close to the weight I should have. I've bulked up in muscle (increased exercising but not by a lot). walking and light weight lifting with the change in diet I think makes a difference. But most important is going to sleep at a decent time. I've found getting about 8.5 hours of sleep a day helped. The body needs time to heal and refresh. Eating better was a big step but it's worth it.
That's a nice joke you have there. It'd be a shame if someone were to moderate it. ;)
Battle Control.... terminated ;-)
Insert MSlam/Reactor safety quip <here>
Actually no comment is really needed. Everyone know the blue screen is to protect you from damage. Blue screen's are good ;-)
The people who need 10MBit are the warez hounds and ISO downloaders.
Are you really that ignorant or do you have an agenda?
Agenda? Who would have an agenda these days ;-)
768k DSL is fast enough for most people - posting on Facebook, checking CNN, sending webmail. The people who need 10MBit are the warez hounds and ISO downloaders.
Really? Have you tried to ssh while your wife or girlfriend was playing cafe world on facebook?
UGGG!!
SSH uses very little bandwidth (although I suppose you could pipe virtually anything through it if you wanted).
[disclaimer]This is supposed to be a light-hearted post. Please no flames.[/disclaimer]
Have you tried to ssh while your wife was playing cafe world on facebook?? Ugggg
Surely, those Net Admins at Comcast will be looking at this and figuring out where the test is connecting to, and then modifying their configurations so that their filtering/slowdown settings do not interfere with a users ability to get FULL speed just to the testing site.
That would never happen. Concast is a good company with high quality people taking care of your every need. They should be applauded for providing a 3-6 meg pipe to every home. Just because it's a shared pipe doesn't mean anything. If everyone ran it at the right time throughout the day, it would look great. Just make sure you guys don't all run it at the same time on the same node. That would piss them off and you like your network pipe right?
I SAID YOU LIKE YOUR NETWORK PIPE RIGHT!! ;-)
So it's OK for everyone to pay for it as long as it's not called taxes? Brilliant.
Uhhh... You do realize you already are being taxed for it now right? Remember Clinton's NII bill in the 90's? Conservatively we've already paid over $200 billion and were supposed to get 45 meg up/down fiber to the home by 2015. So, how do you think they are doing? Have your fiber yet or are you like everyone else and still waiting?