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[News] [SOT] Torrent-busting Comcastsoft Fights FCC

Comcast accuses FCC of impotence

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| The FCC is currently investigating claims that the big-name ISP put a choke 
| hold on BitTorrents and other P2P traffic. But clearly, Comcast believes this 
| is an epic waste of time.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/19/comcast_fcc_legal_authority/

They appear to be snakes, just like their partners at Microsoft.


Related:

Comcast, Microsoft team up to serve smaller firms

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| Microsoft's move to offer the online software suite appears designed to 
| compete with a similar offering from rival Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, 
| Profile, Research) known as Google Apps.  
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1361814420071114?rpc=44


Comcast admits paying attendees at FCC hearing

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| Comcast Corp. admitted yesterday that it paid people to attend a government 
| hearing. Company critics say the freelance attendees were there to crowd them 
| out; Comcast says they were merely saving seats for employees.  
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http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20080228_Comcast_admits_paying_attendees_at_FCC_hearing.html


Comcast stacked Net Neutrality meeting

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/27/comcast-stacked-net-neutrality


Allegations fly in FCC hearing aftermath

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| Comcast Corp. on Tuesday acknowledged hiring people to fill seats before the 
| start of a contentious federal hearing on how the company manages its 
| broadband network, allowing its employees to take those seats when the 
| filled-to-capacity hearing started.   
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_hi_te/internet_regulation


US senator accuses FCC of rigging 700MHz auction

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| Wireless watchers are still waiting for the final results of the The Great 
| American Wireless Auction, but that hasn't stopped at least one US Senator 
| from dubbing the FCC's $20bn bid-off "a disaster".  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/26/fcc_accused_of_rigging_700mhz_auction/


BitTorrent Admin Monitored by US Government, Forced to Dump Linux

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| Sk0t, an ex-administrator of the EliteTorrents BitTorrent tracker is to have 
| his internet connection forcibly monitored by the US Government. If that 
| wasn’t bad enough, the monitoring software is Windows based - which means he 
| is being forced to ditch Linux - or face being barred from the internet.   
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http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-admin-monitored-by-us-government-forced-to-dump-linux/


Is Comcast's BitTorrent filtering violating the law?

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| Assuming that the SYN packet goes through, the three-way handshake is allowed 
| to happen, then the two hosts will be able to begin communicating. Your ISP 
| can still kill the connection later, should they wish to, merely by blocking 
| the transmission of future packets.   
| 
| According to Torrent Freak, Comcast is not doing this. They are instead 
| sending a reset (or RST) packet to the Comcast customer, pretending to be 
| from the host at the end of the BitTorrent connection.   
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9769645-46.html


Comcast Isn’t Net Neutral; Are They Liars, Too?

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| Following reports that Comcast isn’t net neutral, Consumerist blog has 
| acquired several leaks from Comcast insiders, claiming that they do indeed 
| use Sandvine for packet shaping, and that customer service representatives 
| are being told nothing about how the network technology works,   
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http://mashable.com/2007/10/26/comcast-isnt-net-neutral-are-they-liars-too/

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