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The talk may be Comcast vs BitTorrent ...
... but the real issue is false advertisement and internet access freedom.

When people signed up for the service, the contract was for:
- UNLIMITED bandwidth at a limited maximum download speed

Although they claim they do, the contract actually does not guarantee the promise speed (they guarantee the MAX, but not the actual normal speed). But it does guarantee the UNLIMITED bandwidth and has absolutely no single word about blocking a particular application. That means, that the blockage of P2P traffic (or any other web based traffic) is an illegal violation of the contract made with the subscriber. If the subscriber is doing something illegal, then contact the authorities and turn that person in. But to arbitrarily block or downgrade the access for a particular service, just because they don't like that somebody is actually taking advantage of the legally purchase unlimited bandwidth is ridiculous.

Allowing the blocking of one particular web base technology will open the flood gates for blocking "non-sponsored or non-approved" applications in the future.
Posted by: wackoae   Posted on: 02/24/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Didn't Comcast deny they are even doing this?  BitTwiddler | 02/22/08
As long as they are HONEST up front.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/22/08
Comcast has uniqe problems  Joe_Racer | 02/22/08
Market WILL react ...  terry flores | 02/22/08
Doubt it  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/22/08
They don't have to ...  terry flores | 02/22/08
I am sure Comcast is like RoadRunner  osreinstall | 02/22/08
Re: I am sure Comcast is like RoadRunner  none none | 02/24/08
Email servers are allowed but they have fixed IP addresses.  osreinstall | 02/24/08
Re: Email servers are allowed but they have fixed IP addresses.  none none | 02/25/08
By engaging in enterprising services  osreinstall | 02/25/08
Re: By engaging in enterprising services  none none | 02/25/08
Dude, just agree with the terms.  osreinstall | 02/25/08
Re: Dude, just agree with the terms.  none none | 02/25/08
You don't get it.  osreinstall | 02/26/08
Re: You don't get it.  none none | 02/26/08
Taking things literally is your problem.  osreinstall | 02/26/08
Re: Taking things literally is your problem.  none none | 02/26/08
You need to call them.  osreinstall | 02/26/08
YES YOU CAN! and its called DYNDNS.com  pcguy777 | 02/25/08
Re: YES YOU CAN! and its called DYNDNS.com  none none | 02/25/08
Read the TOS  Scubajrr | 02/22/08
Try again ...  terry flores | 02/24/08
Why bittorrent isn't overlooked like other server like applications.  osreinstall | 02/24/08
Oops...  handydan918 | 02/25/08
Re: Oops  osreinstall | 02/25/08
torrent  merc2dogs` | 02/25/08
The talk may be Comcast vs BitTorrent ...  wackoae | 02/24/08
The problem is... these regulation will all be uniform  pcguy777 | 02/25/08
They also limit uploads  jim.askew@... | 02/25/08
limited uploads and downloads  ssplettstoeszer@... | 02/25/08

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