Proposed law would make Internet traffic interference illegal
Posted by: admin in Life GadgetsMore Comcast fallout for your Wednesday afternoon. The ISP told the FCC yesterday that, yes, it does slow down Internet traffic for the greater good. The corp recently updated its TOS to reflect the fact that it shapes traffic. So that, in and of itself, isn’t new or exciting. The blowback that’s developing is, however. A […]
More Comcast fallout for your Wednesday afternoon. The ISP told the FCC yesterday that, yes, it does slow down World wide web traffic for the greater good. The corp recently updated its TOS to reflect the fact that it shapes traffic. So that, in and of itself, isn’t new or exciting. The blowback that’s developing is, however.
A bill will be introduced to the Home this day that would disallow Comcast and other network providers from interfering with your Net connection. The idea here is that it’s in the public’s interest to grant unfettered access to the World wide web in order to foster the next round of Googles and Yahoos. If your bandwidth is constantly futzed around with, how can you reliably use services like VoIP?
Why doesn’t Comcast just offer a legitimate unlimited service? Charge the power users (people like us, I assume) a tiny more but give them all the bandwidth they have the ability to handle.
Comcast Defends Role As World wide web Traffic Cop [Washington Post via Slashdot]
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