Random Musings of a Curious Mind: Comcast Interferes With File-Sharing

Have you heard about this?

Last week the Associated Press reported that "Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally."

If I understand correctly, after a subscriber sends a request to upload a file through a BitTorrent sharing computer, Comcast actually sends a fake message that appears to come from the subscriber, stating that the requester no longer wants the file, effectively ending the session. Now, if you or I were to do that, we'd be looking at charges and jail-time.

After reading this article, I was actually quite happy that our complex dropped Comcast to go with Cox. Sadly, I have no reason to assume that Comcast is the only provider interfering with their subscribers.

Comcast along other cable providers and phone companies has argued that such legislation is unnecessary because they don’t discriminate but the SavetheInternet.com Coalition worries that "the nation's largest telephone and cable companies - including AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Time Warner - want to be Internet gatekeepers, deciding which Web sites go fast or slow and which won't load at all."

Please visit SaveTheInternet.com and learn, not only what's being done, but how you can "take action and protect free speech everywhere" - while we still have some.