Re: SlashDot: "Comcast Gunning for NAT Users"

[Jon Mansey <jon () interpacket net>]

Uhuh, dont even get me started on DirecPC's FAP debacle. The satellite 
Broadband folks have a helluva time with controlling "abusers" while 
keeping the shared pipe unclogged, I should know, I am one.

jm

On Friday, February 1, 2002, at 08:59 AM, Jim Shankland wrote:

> David Charlap <David.Charlap () marconi com> writes:
>
> > It's nothing short of hubris (on the part of both Microsoft and the
> > ISPs) to assume that nobody ever uses a computer for more than web
> > surfing.
>
> When TCI cable was first rolling out high-speed Internet access in the
> Bay Area, they at one point without notice throttled download speeds
> to 128 Kb/s per customer in Fremont.  Customers hit the ceiling, and
> the matter boiled over into a community meeting, where TCI explained
> with a straight face that this step was necessary because customers
> were "abusing" the network -- they were using it to do things like
> *work from home*!  The collective response from attendees might be
> paraphrased as "well, duh!"  TCI had to relent on this issue; but the
> episode is telling as to the mindset, I think.
>
> This also brings to mind John Perry Barlow's comment that "when these
> people think interactive video means putting a 'buy this' button on
> your remote control".
>
> Jim Shankland