arstechnica.com — In a lengthy FCC filing, Comcast offers its fullest explanation yet of how it "delays" certain P2P traffic. If you thought that your 6Mbps connection entitled you to actually use 6Mbps of bandwidth all the time, Comcast begs to differ.
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kiyoraFeb 14, 2008
This is total bulls**t.
thedragon4453Feb 14, 2008
Called to help you IMPROVE downloads?I'd switch in a second if they are around here.
Closed AccountFeb 14, 2008
Thats true but you defended Comcast, content doesn't matter.
hexydesFeb 14, 2008
Keep up the good work then! The only thing Comcast has to fear is competition. They can throw out all the words and numbers they want, but at the end of the day, if they're losing 10% of their customers per year, they'll have to make changes, and fast.
dylangerFeb 14, 2008
well. im not defending comcast, BUT anybody who knows how cable works would understand that the more weight you have on a node the slower stuff works. Most plants are made for 10mbps, but if you are draining all of the bandwith out of your node. for the sake of the rest of the customers they will temp. shut your ass down. its just good business idiot. Please read up on HFC before bitching, or goto maude bell for dsl.
jponionFeb 14, 2008
Other than it being amusing, you may be right...I hadn't thought of that. Thanks
saphyrreFeb 15, 2008
Dude, did you even read what this is about?... it has nothing to do with your download; it's the upload, and not every kind of upload, but the bittorrent upload.
kylereMar 10, 2008
Actually Cbuddha, a better analogy is the text message price changes by the major wireless providers, who then have to release you from any charges occurred from dropping your accounts with them. But Comcast will not give you a "low introductory rate" for a new 12 months when they make major changes, now if they did do that, their actions would be more defensible. However, they would still be a monopoly where I live, and should be federally limited in making these kind of changes without offering substantial reductions in cost.