Interesting arcticle.
My belief is that any ISP has the right to control usage of their network.
But this arcticle was most interesting because it was addressing what are
the ethical ways to accomplish that. The last few sentances summarizing of
the arcticle homing in on the issue.
Basically bringing out that Comcast's action are unscrupulous because the
actions are happening behind the scenes, hiding that they are the cause
blocking the peer to peer trafic. They are misrepresenting their identity on
the PCs (identity Fraud). But most importantly, they are intercepting
someone else's data communication stream and barging in on the conversation
(Invasion of Privacy). For example, simply blocking a BitTorrent or slowing
iut down would be OK, as you aren't joining the conversation, just blocking
it. But jumping in on the conversation and sending back false information
across someone else's Bittorrent conversation is clearly a violation of
privacy. Wait until they decide its a good idea to apply the same principle
to Email delivery. Scary.
These are the things I hate most. Companies blocking, but not being man
enough to step up to the plate and tell their client base how they are
blocking it. They are deceiving their clients. But yet, consumers are
jumping to sign up, not being aware how they may be limited once they do.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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Subject: [WISPA] Look how ComCast deals with P2P
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071019/D8SCASQ80.html
Chuck Profito
209-988-7388
CV-ACCESS, INC
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Providing High Speed Broadband
to Rural Central California
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