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Comcast Degrades BitTorrent Traffic Without Telling Users
from: Wet Machine
Look! My Solution Found A Problem! Comcast Degrades BitTorrent Traffic Without Telling Users.
Harold Feld
O.K., free speech issues are always sexier. Nothing gets the public (or me) wound up like blocking NARAL or censoring Pearl Jam. But, as Ecclesiastes tells us: “Money answers all.” (10:19) At the very least, it tends to rivet people's attention without the distraction of whether or not you like the speaker or the message.
CT: How are You Plugged In?
from: The New Times
How are You Plugged In?
The courts may determine whether you can get Internet-based TV
By Robert Miller Staff Writer
NewsTimes.com
Since the 1950s, the American quest for TV perfection __ lots of channels coming in, a big screen to show them on, and no snow, static or interruptions __ has taken people from rabbit ears to roof antennas to cable TV. After cable, there were giant satellite antennas, which shrank to dish antennas the size of a large pizza.
CT: Phone TV Conflict Blurry
from: The Courant
Phone TV Conflict Blurry
Officials Try To Defend Choice By Denying it
By MARK PETERS
Courant Staff Writer
October 21, 2007
TV viewers might find it difficult to choose a side in the fight over cable competition in Connecticut.
Should they choose the side of government officials who say they are representing consumers by encouraging TV-service competition as long as everyone in the state can benefit?
CT: AT$T Ruling Could Hinder National U-Verse
from: Hartford Business
AT&T Ruling Could Hinder National U-Verse
Company heads to court to thwart disastrous DPUC ruling
By Mary Johnson
Hartford Business Journal Staff Writer
10/22/07
Cabling for AT&T's U-verse Internet video service.
For AT&T, the future isn’t just in phones. The company is making a massive bet that it will be the dominant player in providing consumers video service over the Internet.
AT$T U-Verse suffers nationwide outage
AT&T suffered a nationwide outage on their U-Verse service Sunday October 21st. The post below is from an AT&T users site. This is what happens when traditionally local cable systems become centralized nationally and are run off Microsoft software - little software glitches can bring the entire service down across the country. In this case the outage appears to have been a poorly timed system upgrade. If the U-Verse service were broadcast, AT&T would be liable for millions in FCC fines, but as it is, they will just get more favorable rulings from FCC Chairman Martin and another 'get out of jail' free from the NSA and the Whitehouse.
CT: AT$T Aims Its PR Guns at Connecticut
from: Broadband Reports
AT&T Aims Its PR Guns at Connecticut
October 19, 2007
A federal judge says AT&T’s U-Verse IPTV service is a cable service. AT&T says it’s not, and therefore isn’t subject to the same consumer protection and build-out rules as cable operators.
IN: Comcast Closing Public Access in Indiana Cities
from: South Bend Tribune
Comcast Closing Public Access in Indiana Cities
October 18, 2007
By Tom Brown
By December, possibly sooner, public access television will go dark in Michiana. Comcast has quietly begun closing public access studios in Indiana.
The Great Fraud of Our Time
from: from ZDNet
The Great Fraud of Our Time
October 17, 2007
By Dana Blankenhorn
Make you a deal. You got a house and I build roads.
So I’ll build your road, and you’ll pay me each month to use it. I’ll even let the government decide how much. Then, once it’s built, it’s mine. I’ll decide what you drive, how much you pay, where you can go and how fast.
Comcast Stifles Future Video Competitor
from: Free Press
Comcast Stifles Future Video Competitor
From Free Press, October 19, 2007
Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company and second-largest Internet service provider, is actively interfering with its users’ ability to access legal content through content-sharing technologies like BitTorrent. The Associated Press calls Comcast’s interference “the most drastic example yet of data discrimination by a U.S. Internet service provider.”
Comcast blocks some Internet traffic
from: MSNBC
Comcast blocks some Internet traffic
Tests confirm data discrimination by number 2 U.S. service provider
By Peter Svensson
The Associated Press
Updated: 9:36 a.m. ET Oct 19, 2007
NEW YORK - Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally.
