GNG News Guy
11-30-2007, 12:14 PM
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CNET (http://www.news.com/Net-neutrality-may-not-resolve-Comcast-vs.-BitTorrent/2100-1028_3-6220802.html?tag=nefd.lede) notes that Comcast's use of forged RST packets to throttle upstream p2p use could be perfectly legal under the new network neutrality laws being proposed. Just like the FCC's policy statement (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-260435A1.pdf) (pdf), which insists consumers are "entitled to run applications and services of their choice" except in cases of "reasonable network management" -- the bills may do little to thwart anything but the most egregious infractions.
The EFF this week released a report stating that Comcat's particular brand of traffic shaping is anything but reasonable (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/The-EFF-Test-Your-ISP-Project-89789).
CNET (http://www.news.com/Net-neutrality-may-not-resolve-Comcast-vs.-BitTorrent/2100-1028_3-6220802.html?tag=nefd.lede) notes that Comcast's use of forged RST packets to throttle upstream p2p use could be perfectly legal under the new network neutrality laws being proposed. Just like the FCC's policy statement (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-260435A1.pdf) (pdf), which insists consumers are "entitled to run applications and services of their choice" except in cases of "reasonable network management" -- the bills may do little to thwart anything but the most egregious infractions.
The EFF this week released a report stating that Comcat's particular brand of traffic shaping is anything but reasonable (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/The-EFF-Test-Your-ISP-Project-89789).