said by wenter99 :

Enough problems for another lawsuit maybe?

said by Rick :

There is and has been this VERY vocal...VERY minor portion of users who for the longest time now think they own the entire network. And that is the 5% of people who consume 50% of the bandwidth and who expect everyone else to pay for it for them.

said by Rick :

We ALL know what those people are doing. They are trading copyrighted material all day and all night long over their RESIDENTIAL connections.

said by Rick :

Servers are not allowed.

said by Rick :

But that just don't matter to them anymore than stealing other peoples work matters to them. Somewhere in the back of their minds it's all ok because they're anonymous. And, it's just "there" for the taking. Well..so too is goods in a store front window after a massive riot smashes storefronts.
It never was theirs to take. They are thieves.

said by Rick :

"1. Turning Sandvine off right now and replacing it with nothing would be an improvement. It does little good and does a lot of harm to innocent users. I have been asking for this all along."

Comcast is saying in their filing you have no network experience. And that statement proves it.
Because what would happen..just by the very nature of this shared network we're all using..is if that happened..
immediately..we'd all be posting on our dial up connections to the Comcast forum screaming that we simply had no connection at all.

said by Rick :

The p2p crowds unrelenting 24/7 saturation of the upstream would take down comcasts entire nationwide network IMHO.

And..it would take down the entire networks of every cable operator out there.

said by Rick :

Your statement is misinformed..and wishful thinking.
And not reality.

What you would like comcast to do is similar to you asking Citibank to take down their alarms..unlock their doors 24/7..and leave no one in the bank..and trust that no one will rob them.

said by Rick :

I fully understand that Sandvine has some unwelcome carryover effects. On people who don't fall into that 5%.
But no one can reasonably argue that the VAST majority of those it seeks to prevent from harming this network is the ones i've described above. You know it..and I know it.
And everyone who's been around BBR more than a month knows it.

said by Rick :

As you know..what my biggest complaint has been about your posts is that you fail to recognize and acknowledge that.
And even in your statement above..you fail to recognize that. You say that it's comcasts problem and not yours to worry about..but that would be like you saying to your state they need to eliminate all their speed limits and laws and just let everyone else deal with it. You offer up no solutions at all. And in doing so...are simply representing that 5% of people who the 95% are tired of carrying on the backs of their hard earned paychecks.

said by Rick :

I've said before and I'll say again..I think that what Comcast was and is doing is watching out for not only themselves..but the vast majority of we users.

said by Rick :

I have a great experience with my connection..get great speeds..and have no problems at all with connecting to anything. I think your criticism of them is unfounded.

said by wenter99 :

Enough problems for another lawsuit maybe?

said by funchords :

Lack of competition means that leaving Comcast HSI behind is quite a big step down for me. But I've had DSL for a few months now, and it's definitely got its own problems --

said by funchords :

Hi Rick,

First off, the peaceful way civilized people handle unresolvable disputes is through the courts, perhaps you would have preferred something akin to »75-Year-Old Woman Takes Hammer to Comcast Office instead? C'mon.

Secondly, I haven't moved my resume. It's still where it has always been and the link works: »www.funchords.com/Robert_Topolsk···ting.pdf and it is not hosted on my home network. As to my response to Comcast's attack, see HERE and check out the final pages.

Third, I don't want this audience's support. I want them to know why I am not using Comcast anymore. I have been using Comcast all of this time, and now I'm not. I thought that the reason I switched was interesting and that it would be an interesting post. I know where I'm posting and I know that I won't have everyone's support. On the contrary, this is where I'm likely to meet the best critics -- and that's meant as a compliment.

Fourth, I doubt I need to advertise the suit. As Class Action suits go, everyone impacted is easily identified through company records and will be notified at the right time as to how to participate or how to remove themselves from participation. First it has to be certified as a class, so let's not get the cart before the horse.

Finally, good will means that you ought to assume positive intent. Cripes!

--Robb

said by Nerdtalker :

Many of us also agree that using RST packets to "manage" network congestion harms their network.

said by jester121 :

Comcast says P2P harms their network, and some of us agree.

said by jester121 :

You've clearly been playing this PR game long enough to know how to excerpt quotes and leave out parts that don't support your view.

From YOUR source:

quote:

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To encourage broadband deployment and preserve and promote the open and interconnected nature of the public Internet, consumers are entitled to connect their choice of legal devices that do not harm the network.13

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Comcast says P2P harms their network, and some of us agree.

said by funchords :

Meanwhile, everyone else knows that Comcast clearly and authoritatively states permits P2P, and the FCC requires them to:

"consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice"

said by TKJunkMail :

Maybe that was because you were suing them:
»www.multichannel.com/article/CA6581628.html
Funny that you never mentioned that in all your posts in this thread.

Comcast decided to personally attack me several days ago, in a public filing in the FCC case.

The lead plaintiff in the suit, Oregon resident Robb Topolski...
The suit was filed July 18 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. The court has not certified a class.