After being threatened with an investigation, Comcast has, subtly, written in their contract with users that they do manage traffic. *http://tinyurl.com/2cyjub
* > > *"*Comcast's decision to affirm its traffic management practices in the > newly revised ToS is a welcome baby step towards greater transparency. > Subscribers (disclosure: Comcast is my ISP) would love to see even more > transparency from the company, which remains cagey when it comes to its > nebulous > usage > caps<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070919-comcast-speaks-out-on-bandwidth-caps-says-they-only-affect-0-01-of-users.html>as > well as what type of traffic is liable to be "delayed." > Comcast is one of the biggest broadband providers in the US. Very often Comcast will be one of he only broadband providers in an area. what concerns me is that there doesnt seem to be clear rules on what they can and cant do. Comcast also doesnt seem to want to share their thinking unless they are forced to. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 Professional: http://ryanishungry.com Personal: http://momentshowing.net Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
