MysticGogeta
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Re: News: Comcast to end P2P interference
I have a feeling they will try something else. I don't think this will be the end.
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| said by MysticGogeta  :I have a feeling they will try something else. I don't think this will be the end. Of course not, the article says quite explicitly that all traffic will be shaped, not just BitTorrent. I'm not exactly sure where the victory is here.
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| Well, the victory is that they claim the new traffic management will be "protocol agnostic", but yeah, the proof will be in the pudding.
»www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stori···5&EDATE=
»Comcast Claims They'll Stop BitTorrent Throttling
I'm not sure anybody reasonably expects any cable operator to not engage in some form of traffic shaping. But getting away from packet forgery is at least a step in the right direction, assuming we're not talking about some arrangement where only official BitTorrent Corp. BitTorrent traffic is being treated fairly, which if that were the case the PR folk wouldn't have used the term "protocol agnostic" in the press release....
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| said by Karl Bode :which if that were the case the PR folk wouldn't have used the term "protocol agnostic" in the press release Are you new, here? 
Wow, Karl, you sure are generous in the morning!
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History of Comcast's Statements regarding P2P interference
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| Well, my point is that with the threat of regulation looming, a second hearing coming, the FCC in the midst of an investigation, and the entire tech news media watching every word they say, it would be suicide to boldly lie via press release.
I've been buried in telecom PR for the better part of this decade. PR guys talked to one on one generally fib and flub. Press releases generally try to stay straight as lawyers and professional writers have had time to cook each word. If they were going to come back and throttle only "non-legit" BT traffic, the wording would be much more vague.
I imagine the new system likely won't target specific protocols...who knows what kind of pattern consumption they will target, and we won't probably know until the end of this year. |
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1 edit | I know. Sorry to have a little fun at your expense, but I did want to take that opportunity to remind people that what Comcast says is often interpreted differently by its customers.
In rental cars, you have "Hertz" and you have "Not exactly." In CATV Internet, Comcast is the "Not Exactly" company.
Well, my point is that with the threat of regulation looming, a second hearing coming, the FCC in the midst of an investigation, and the entire tech news media watching every word they say, it would be suicide to boldly lie via press release. Or to pay people to stuff a meeting, again.
Stanford is going to be a circus. Everyone in the gallery will be suspicious of everyone else in the gallery. (I, myself, will be wearing an assortment of highlighters.)
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