North American Network Operators Group

Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical

Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads

  • From: John C. A. Bambenek
  • Date: Fri Oct 19 22:58:21 2007
  • Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=6ypNmDb2TcCMRanEJoW4bYNyZ8JQ5C9D/7tZsRZ4DeI=; b=dmEd/iaX7azLuEBBaMjMkMOeQ4F4Zzvf0pZC7eJBwafsc4YVt2SSq9ogbR8u5IvB6XxwXqKsvbFvViO6rdqEcFMYHCyhdqKmF0crV82mLaObRP4nmOvfR6N3XDYWDg7eR82XdbxTWinhou2j/bD034tX0ncKNkk1rU91atElYxQ=
  • Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jTtt3AiLuF5I+VLtNv1QWxudgwhznHdpYoI1UAXqPsy02NZ2bkUYeJuGwcIscViNGYXO4QDeXsXjoaZd9w2AAG7L9atW/DLnKh0D7hwczarbLK7O83UNA+eNVxoDSSI4TuPqJ/Ahy259+h1/c9nYgkuykNwZOPV6ksE9FZc4cPQ=

Communication of rules is fair... I was criticizing the "net
neutrality" argument.  They should communicate the rules, I agree.

On 10/19/07, Justin M. Streiner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, John C. A. Bambenek wrote:
>
> > Since when did private companies no longer have the right to regulate
> > their own property?
>
> I don't know that anyone would disagree with their right to do so, but if
> there are usage limits, those limits should be made known to the user
> community.  I'm sure Comcast has ways to communicate TOS updates to their
> user base - mass email, stuff a letter in peoples' cable bills, etc...
>
> How would you react if you were pulled over for speeding on a road that
> had no posted speed limit?
>
> jms
>