[GRLUG] Comcast and net neutrality

[Bob Kline]

I did that yesterday.  Congress has been
slow to act on net neutrality legislation,
making me think they are in the back
pocket of the industry on this issue too.
Industry says legislation is unnecessary,
which suggest it wouldn't hurt then either.

But it's what we can do.  I'd like to see the
tax payers have their own backbone fibers,
that can be used by private ISPs,  but not
controlled.

Of course the tax payers have Internet2 - not
to be confused with Internet 2.  A high speed
Internet backbone that only gov't labs and
schools can use.  It's been around for 8 years
that I know of,  and is supposedly a vehicle
for researching high speed networks.  That part
I think is a crock, and doubt that it will ever be
opened up to ordinary tax payers.  Too much
fun the way things are...  :-(

    -Bob


On 10/20/07, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Both me and a friend of mine have encountered Comcast's filtering.
> Since I found out that it's there, I can't help but wonder if any
> given spurious RST packet came from them.
>
> However, there may be a way around it, but it requires delaying action
> on received RST packets to see if normal packets follow, which would
> require modification of the TCP stack of the host and any NAT in
> between.
>
> I think I'm going to send Levin and Stabenow a couple more letters
> regarding Net Neutrality.



On 10/20/07, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Those of you with Comcast might be interested in this:
> >
> > http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2007/10/19/comcast/
> >
> > For those of you that don't have Comcast,  what one
> > company does others might follow.  Comcast has been
> > less than forthcoming about its activities, and was dug
> > out by the Associated Press.
> >
> > The head of SBC,  and later AT&T,  mumbled a couple
> > of years ago that he didn't see why people should be
> > able to use "his" fibers to put competitive services on.
> > In that case phone service like Vonage.
> >
> > While companies like Comcast are trying to snow
> > Congress in to thinking there is no need for net neutrality
> > legislation,  clearly there is.  The alternative is to let
> > outfits like Comcast do for the Internet what it and
> > DirecTV have done for TV - just a sea of ads, with the not
> > so subtle hint you might want to buy some premium
> > services if you want to actually watch any programming.
> >
> > With the Internet we might end up paying for premium
> > services just to stay where we are now.  Otherwise
> > Comcast might just want to make your life miserable.
> > And don't forget that it is a monopoly in many of the
> > areas it serves.
> >
> >     -Bob
> >
> >
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