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peer to peer traffic limiting using Comcast as an ISP - FCC hearing with paid attendees making no room for concerned attendants

20 March, 2008 13:50

A public FCC hearing was held to discuss the accusations that Comcast was limiting bandwidth to file sharing peer to peer networks such as Bittorrent.

Documentation has arisen that Comcast has been sending reset packets to peers using these types of services.

It is claimed null personalities were paid to fill the seats of the FCC hearing, shutting out other interested parties and to applaud Comcast's positive remarks.

As recorded, one person admitted to this claim, and the response was: needed room for company executives.

Even National Public Radio (NPR) was having difficulty attending the hearing, amongst many other concerned citizens outside the walls of the room.

At the bottom of this post is audio with interviews of random attendees of the Comcast FCC hearing.  The source for this audio minutes:  http://www.freepress.net/node/35906

 

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comcast addresses rich media content [Reply]

“Comcast Corporation and BitTorrent, Inc. announced today that they will undertake a collaborative effort with one another and with the broader Internet and ISP community to more effectively address issues associated with rich media content and network capacity management.” -- Comcast Corporation

"This agreement does nothing to protect the many other peer-to-peer companies from blocking, nor does it protect future innovative applications and services. Finally, it does nothing to prevent other phone and cable companies from blocking. Innovators should not have to negotiate side deals with phone and cable companies to operate without discrimination. The Internet has always been a level playing field, and we need to keep it that way." -- Marvin Ammori, general counsel of Free Press

"I hope that the negotiations to which Comcast commits today will result in a solution that preserves consumers’ ability to access any lawful Internet content and applications of their choice. That ability is fundamental to preserving the open marketplace and innovation that characterizes the Internet.

"I am concerned, though, that Comcast has not made clear when they will stop this discriminatory practice. It appears this practice will continue throughout the country until the end of the year and in some markets, even longer. While it may take time to implement its preferred new traffic management technique, it is not at all obvious why Comcast couldn’t stop its current practice of arbitrarily blocking its broadband customers from using certain applications. Comcast should provide its broadband customers as well as the Commission with a commitment of a date certain by when it will stop this practice." -- FCC Chairman Kevin Martin

Myside | 30/03/2008, 11:00

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