Comcast Controversy Doesn't Help Sandvine Stock Traffic shaping company goes from very hot, to not Friday Mar 07 2008 16:33 EDT Tipped by funchords Sandvine Corporation, whose traffic shaping hardware sits at the heart of the current Comcast P2P throttling controversy, was considered one of the tech-sector's hottest companies just last year. With their gear at the center of renewed network neutrality discussions, combined with the credit crunch and slowed earnings, the Globe and Mail reports that the company's stock dropped 42% to a new low of $1.55 on the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday. quote: Two events, however, have suddenly changed that common wisdom, Mr. Misek said. The credit crunch is making it difficult for the telecom industry to refinance its debt...The second event is the political hot potato in Washington, D.C., of Internet neutrality. As Sandvine and rivals like Cisco Systems create new tools for managing networks, U.S. regulators and lawmakers want to ensure service providers don't slow or block traffic from competitors or high-volume users.
However, the worry that network neutrality will truly harm the company long term doesn't seem likely. Even under a potentially Democratic FCC, it's unlikely the FCC or Congress is ever going to prevent ISPs from using such gear to carefully manage traffic load or prioritize their own VoIP packets. In Comcast's case it's the way they're using this gear (forging TCP packets to throttle upstream P2P for all users) and how they initially denied the practice that got them into hot water. |
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yay sandvinei hope they go out of business | |
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