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FCC chief says Comcast violated Internet rules in blocking file-sharers
- tialys 18y agoGood, make an example of them. They aren't the only ones doing this, but as far as I can tell they are the worst. I just switched to slower DSL because I couldn't GET to the internet during peak hours because of their filtering. I never had issues getting to comcast.net, but google, facebook and whatnot always seemed to be 'down' from 4-9pm.
- josefresco 18y agoI wish I could switch, DLS and Fiber are not an option here in MA. Comcast has me by the ... you know. Yay free market!
- apathy 18y agoDo you have line-of-sight to anywhere with better service, and/or some friends who like to tinker and would go in on a t1?
- josefresco 18y agoT1 in these parts is prohibitively expensive (Cape Cod). Mostly seasonal homes around me so not many uber geeks to share the load (plenty of old people and asshole tourists from CT/NY though!)
- wmf 18y agoThat doesn't sound like filtering, it just sounds like an outage. I doubt the FCC is going to force ISPs to provide reliable service.
- mdasen 18y agoI think this is important to point out: Comcast wasn't merely blocking traffic. They were actively sending reset packets. They were creating fraudulent traffic intended to mess up your BitTorrent downloads. I don't think this sets an example/precedent about traffic shaping or throttling. Comcast was pretty blatant here and was actively sending false data. I guess time will tell whether this is a bigger precedent in the fight for net-neutrality.
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoIf a private individual was sending such packets, it would be a felony. Sucks when your ISP is performing man-in-the-middle attacks against you.