swhx7
Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to nekote
Re: Isn't this going to be fairly easy to circumvent?
Customers shouldn't have to resort to such workarounds. Bittorrent is a legitimate protocol and people should be able to use it without interference.
The talk about bandwidth is an irrelevant pretext. An ISP can limit amount of traffic per user without discriminating against certain types of traffic.
If the only broadband option in an area is ISPs that systematically sabotage customers' connections, then we need laws to prohibit this abuse. |
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Camelot One
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
clubs:
| You bring up a point with the competition. Every article I've read on this says it isn't being applied to ALL comcast connections, just some. The articles suggest that this may be due to the software/hardware still being rolled out.
Has anyone bothered to check to see if the lines Comcast isn't "delaying" packets happen to be in areas with multiple broadband options? Is this something they are trying out only on users who's only other choice is dial up?
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madrhino
join:2004-07-03
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| said by Camelot One  :Has anyone bothered to check to see if the lines Comcast isn't "delaying" packets happen to be in areas with multiple broadband options? Is this something they are trying out only on users who's only other choice is dial up? I'm in a FIOS area and I was one of the first lucky ones to get Sandvine, although I didn't know WTF was going on for months.I went and bought a new #@$%!!#@@ modem because of this . |
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Camelot One
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
clubs:
| said by madrhino :said by Camelot One :Has anyone bothered to check to see if the lines Comcast isn't "delaying" packets happen to be in areas with multiple broadband options? Is this something they are trying out only on users who's only other choice is dial up? I'm in a FIOS area and I was one of the first lucky ones to get Sandvine, although I didn't know WTF was going on for months.I went and bought a new #@$%!!#@@ modem because of this . And I assume you are now a FIOS customer? 
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madrhino
join:2004-07-03
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| said by Camelot One : And I assume you are now a FIOS customer? Yep.I haven't had the joy of returning the boxes to Comcast yet.I'm hoping the counter person asked why I canceled and writes it down.
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JTRockville
Data Ho
Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-28
Rockville, MD
clubs:
 ·LINGO
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·surpasshosting
·Verizon FIOS
| Don't count on it madrhino . Upon turning in my equipment to Comcast when cancelling (at Comcast's Gude Drive office), all I was asked for was my name, customer number, and address. |
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Camelot One
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-21
Sarasota, FL
clubs:
| reply to madrhino
said by madrhino :said by Camelot One : And I assume you are now a FIOS customer? Yep.I haven't had the joy of returning the boxes to Comcast yet.I'm hoping the counter person asked why I canceled and writes it down. I think you should buy some "carpenter" jeans, and have a hammer hanging on the side loop when you take your equipment back.
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madrhino
join:2004-07-03
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| reply to JTRockville
said by JTRockville :Don't count on it madrhino . Upon turning in my equipment to Comcast when cancelling (at Comcast's Gude Drive office), all I was asked for was my name, customer number, and address. The one on Largo Drive was rather unconcerned also. |
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