It looks like the final word has been spoken to Comcast regarding their shady traffic management schemes.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/23/kevin_martin_talks_comcast_again/Speaking before the Senate Commerce Committee this morning, Reuters reports, Martin told lawmakers that Comcast is using a "blunt" technique to crack down on peer-to-peer filesharing.
"Contrary to some claims, it does not appear that this technique was used only to occasionally delay traffic at particular nodes suffering from network congestion at that time," he said in a prepared statement.
And he reiterated that the FCC has all the power it needs to take action against Comcast. .
Independent tests have shown that Comcast is preventing users from "seeding" peer-to-peer uploads. In certain cases, when one machine attempts to upload that file to another machine, the ISP uses a forged "reset flag" to break the P2P connection. And these tests have shown this sort of "network management" is used round the clock.
I,m firm believer in the theory that most of the other ISP companies operating this consumer rip-off technology are the same ones that refuse to plow what amount to shareholder-frightening sums into upgrading of their existing infrastruture, instead they seem to be relying on their monopoly positions in many areas to" kowtow" their customers into silent submission, unfortunately Joe public is not going anywhere quietly.
