Global Mass Media .com » Comcast http://www.globalmassmedia.com Read world's most important news! Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:13:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 FCC to investigate Comcast BitTorrent blocking http://www.globalmassmedia.com/fcc-to-investigate-comcast-bittorrent-blocking/ http://www.globalmassmedia.com/fcc-to-investigate-comcast-bittorrent-blocking/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:07:56 +0000 webmaster http://www.globalmassmedia.com/fcc-to-investigate-comcast-bittorrent-blocking/ The FCC is preparing to investigate accusations that cable provider Comcast is disrupting peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic on its network.

A study conducted last year by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and independently verified by the Associated Press revealed that Comcast interferes with BitTorrent and Gnutella sessions by sending TCP “reset” packets to users. Despite the growing body of unambiguous evidence, Comcast still denies allegations that it specifically targets BitTorrent.

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]]> http://www.globalmassmedia.com/fcc-to-investigate-comcast-bittorrent-blocking/feed/ 0 Comcast to employees: talking about blocking P2P can get you fired http://www.globalmassmedia.com/comcast-to-employees-talking-about-blocking-p2p-can-get-you-fired/ http://www.globalmassmedia.com/comcast-to-employees-talking-about-blocking-p2p-can-get-you-fired/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:45:24 +0000 webmaster http://www.globalmassmedia.com/comcast-to-employees-talking-about-blocking-p2p-can-get-you-fired/ In the wake of the discovery that Comcast is blocking some peer-to-peer traffic (and even blocking some Lotus Notes e-mails), the company is attempting to keep the PR machine well-oiled by giving customer tech support reps some talking points. And if they deviate from the script and admit that Comcast has been using Sandvine to send forged TCP reset packets, they’re likely to lose their jobs.

Ars has heard from multiple Comcast employees since the story broke, and they’re all telling us the same thing. They’re supposed to tell customers asking whether Comcast limits access to BitTorrent that the ISP doesn’t block access to any application, including BitTorrent. Furthermore, tech support workers are supposed to toe the party line at all times, or they’ll be fired.

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