On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Tom DeReggi wrote:
What they are doing here is sending a message that if you Buy Comcast you get performance, if you buy from our competitors, you
Isn't that an ideal public perception? I mean, if I could get people to understand that one reason my network is better than network X is performance (or any other aspect), then that is beneficial, right? Come on...this is an argument FOR what Comcast is doing, IMHO.
we won't let you play with our clients in a favorable manner. This is EXACTLY what NetNetrality is about, having a different standard for clients of another provider than one has for their
Net Neutrality is BS anyway. (Hope I can abbreviate the "curse" word). And this move has NOTHING to do with neutrality anyway. Perhaps an argument can be made to make it seem that way, but it is (at least in part) about network management. I see nothing wrong with what Comcast did. In fact, I applaud their willingness to stand up and say enough is enough. The simple fact is that this software is a "killer app" (not the kind we were looking for, but one that is killer to the network).
own. If they Equally blocked BitTotrrent for their own subscribers, then it could be argued they are treating all traffic equally, and not a NetNetrality violation, but just a Privacy violation.
Privacy? Give me a break. I'll post a response to your other post related to privacy, but the idea that it can be argued that "equally blocking" bit torrent flows in both directions is the "best way" to handle this traffic is nonsense.
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