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    Default Re: Net Neutrality Paradigm Shift

    Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou View Post
    So do you have any actual examples?
    Google "traffic shaping" and you'll find plenty. At the moment, it's all about throttling Bittorrent, which sucks if you download such illegal things as Europa Barbarorum, Linux distros, Asus drivers, or WoW updates.

    Comcast has been known to mess with packets on their network. Last year, they stood in the middle of a firestorm thanks to traffic shaping. Comcast was caught red handed using TCP resets to block traffic based on protocol, the top issue was BitTorrent traffic.

    The issue got worse when, after denying it at first, Comcast came clean and mostly admitted to the traffic shaping, but essentially said they couldn’t tell people about it because they would circumvent the process. They defended the traffic shaping by comparing it to a traffic jam, where a car is slowed from entering the freeway for a moment, not blocked from entering it entirely. They also added that the press and blogosphere would keep them honest, as one of the reasons for the FCC to take no action.

    P.S.: "Traffic shaping" is legal in Canada. Do you want to be Canada? Why do you love maple syrup and hate freedom?

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    A little more background on Comcast and their shapely traffic.
    Last edited by Lemur; 10-24-2009 at 03:35.

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