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RE: Comcast blocking p2p uploads
From: "Scott Berkman" <scott.berkman () reignmaker net>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:14:24 -0400 (EDT)
This is a good point too. Comcast has refused to define what exactly their limits are so assuming all the content is legal, how does a law abiding citizen know when he is over his limits? -Scott -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of Patrick W. Gilmore Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:35 PM To: Nanog Cc: Patrick W. Gilmore Subject: Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads On Oct 19, 2007, at 3:10 PM, John C. A. Bambenek wrote:
I love how the framed it as "data discrimination". Let's just be honest... 99% of it was illegal traffic taking up far more than their fair share of bandwidth.
I didn't know that you doing something illegal with your application made it OK to block my use of it. Also, what _is_ my "fair share of bandwidth"? -- TTFN, patrick P.S. I am making absolutely no judgement on whether block is good or bad. Just wondering how other people rationalize doing, or not doing, these types of things.
On 10/19/07, Steven M. Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu> wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Comcast-Data- Discrimination.html http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Comcast-Data- Discrimination-Tests.html Not a lot more I can say, other than argghhh! --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
Current thread:
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads, (continued)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Martin Hannigan (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Mike Lewinski (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Mark Owen (Oct 19)
- RE: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Clinton Popovich (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Eric Spaeth (Oct 19)
- RE: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Scott Berkman (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Mike Lewinski (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Peter Dambier (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Sean Figgins (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Patrick W. Gilmore (Oct 19)
- RE: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Scott Berkman (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Justin M. Streiner (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Randy Bush (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Adrian Chadd (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Patrick W. Gilmore (Oct 20)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads John C. A. Bambenek (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Mark Owen (Oct 19)
- RE: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Clinton Popovich (Oct 19)
- Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads Ross Vandegrift (Oct 19)