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Comcast considering bandwidth caps, surcharges: Today's Press of Atlantic City had a tiny sidebar on a troubling trend of bandwith caps and surcharges coming down the proverbial pipe from Comcast: Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband Reports, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Tcp/Ip, Business Services, Internet, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Comcast's quarter shows the ebb and flow in telecom vs. cable war: Comcast's first quarter results reveal a few interesting cross currents. The cable giant added fewer digital video subscribers than expected. Added more Internet subscribers. And appears to be poaching voice customers from the likes of AT&T and Verizon. What a mixed bag (statement). Verizon and AT&T are...; Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Cable, Digital Video, Network Technology, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-01
FCC boss: Comcast blocking is widespread: FCC boss: Comcast blocking is widespreadThis is really no supriseFor anyone who knows Comcrap they should have known this. and FINALLY a FCC investigation shead light on it. Comcrap needs to be hit with a HUGE fine so no other ISP resorts to the methods of blocking internet protocols and...; Tags: Federal government, ComCrap, FCC, Comcast Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-22
FCC boss: Comcast blocking is widespread: InfoWeek reports that, according to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Comcast was not merely blocking BitTorrent traffic during high-traffic times but pretty much all the time. Martin was testifying before Congress today. "Specifically, based on the testimony we have received thus far, some users were not able...; Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Federal Government, Networking, Internet, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-22
NJ court: IP-related info is private: NJ court: IP-related info is privateOops!Seems to me that the cops would not have had any trouble getting a warrant. An affidavit from the owner should have been good enough.RE: NJ court: IP-related info is privateWhile I applaud NJ on their privacy protections of their citizens, I would argue...; Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Network technology, NETWORKING, IP, Internet Service Provider; Discussion threads 2008-04-22

NJ court: IP-related info is private: Someone broke into the website of Jersey Diesel, changed the physical address listed on the site to a nonexistent address and changed the login password. Who? Owner Tim Wilson thought he knew. Shirley Read was an employee who had just returned from disability and whom Wilson had just argued with....; Tags: Subpoena, New Jersey, Comcast Corp., IP, IP Address, U.S. Supreme Court, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Technology, Networking, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Will the Internet remain neutral?: Probably not. What Net Neutrality advocates forget is what has kept the Internet neutral so far has been market discipline, not government. Most customers want neutrality, and will "vote with their feet" against those carriers who violate it. Assuming, that is, they have a...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Comcast won't be at Stanford hearing: The AP is reporting that Comcast won't be attending the FCC hearing at Stanford tomorrow, despite the FCC's interest in learning more about its cooperation with Pando Networks on improving P2P performance on its network. After the Pando collaboration was announced on Tuesday, the FCC...; Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Pando Networks, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Problems extending an Airport Express n network on Comcast: Problems extending an Airport Express n network on ComcastSame here with this issue. I have ComcastI agree fully that the same thing is happening for me with Comcast. Calling them is useless. All they do is "make work" as they read their help screens.Problem is most likely...; Tags: NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, Network technology, Comcast Corp., Setup WDS, N Network, Apple AirPort Express, network; Discussion threads 2008-04-16
Problems extending an Airport Express n network on Comcast: John P. Finley writes: I am writing you about a potentially new outting of Comcast's recent "traffic management" that has been written about quite a bit in the past month. This example involves the new Apple Airport Express 802.11n and it's use of the new "Extend...; Tags: Apple AirPort Express, Network, Comcast Corp., John P. Finley, Networking, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Comcast Bill of Rights unnecessary in open source world: Comcast Bill of Rights unnecessary in open source worldIt is clear there are not adequate...alternatives in the broadband market. The capitalism principals we have in place are based on perfect economies. There is no such thing as a perfect economy. This is why the HAS to be government regulations to...; Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Regulations, Dana, Cell-modems, Comcast Corp., open source world, DSL, open source; Discussion threads 2008-04-16
Comcast Bill of Rights unnecessary in open source world: All the brouhaha concerning whether Comcast can create a "Bill of Rights and Responsibilities" for Internet users is misplaced. Like any small Wireless ISP, Comcast has the right, indeed the responsibility, to manage its network so every customer gets as much of it as practical. ...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Market, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Comcast's true speeds and the BitTorrent deal: Comcast's true speeds and the BitTorrent dealJust A Quick Link CorrectionYou have the link to George Ou's LAN Architect page going to www.lanarchitect.com, which goes to a placeholder "for sale" page with links to house planning. :p The correct address is www.lanarchitect.net.Confusing statement....[i]On the upside we're talking about...; Tags: BitTorrent deal, true speed, BitTorrent, Comcast Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-09
Comcast's true speeds and the BitTorrent deal: So, I talked to former ZD technical director and editor at large George Ou last week. He's been looking at Comcast's claims for its DOCSIS 3.0 rollout in Minneapolis. I passed along Comcast's projections that the service would 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps up. ...; Tags: BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Mbps, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Comcast monitoring Twitter, blogs and other social media: Comcast monitoring Twitter, blogs and other social mediaWell when you are comcast..isnt it COMCASTIC!?and providing the level of service (wait what service?) they do..you need to keep your name from totally going down the tubes. Look at their latest FCC debacle and how they "changed" to avoid further regulation and/or...; Tags: Blogging, Comcast Corp., Comcast monitoring Twitter, social media, blog; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
Comcast monitoring Twitter, blogs and other social media: Have a complaint with cable company Comcast? Don't bother calling their helpline: Instead write a blog entry or, better still, send a 'tweet' or two via Twitter threatening to "expend significant energy over the next three weeks trashing Comcast." That's the lesson taught by TechCrunch founder and co-editor Mike Arrington,...; Tags: TechCrunch, Comcast Corp., Blog, Social Media, Twitter, Blogging, Internet, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-04-07
Comcast offers really-broad band: Comcast offers really-broad bandComcast creating bigger issues.I'm not sure what Comcast is doing in Minnesota but in the Indianapolis area particularly the northeastern suburbs they are making a big sales push with their bundled packages, voice, cable and internet. The only problem is they are using modems that don't...; Tags: INTERNET, Network technology, NETWORKING, Comcast Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-03
Comcast offers really-broad band: Comcast is rolling out high-speed Internet in the Twin Cities. High-speed as in 50Mbps downstream, but only 5Mbps upstream. And they say it can be turned up as high as 160Mbps downstream. Cost is $150 per month and they expect to deploy in 20 percent of markets by the end...; Tags: Comcast Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Networking, Network Administration, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-03
News to know: MacBook Air hack; Zoho; Windows Search; Comcast: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases first public test build of Windows Search 4.0 Larry Dignan: MacBook Air falls in two minutes at PWN 2 OWN EIC podcast: Comcast-BitTorrent; Oracle; Facebook and OpenSocial, Adobe Comcast, BitTorrent kiss, make up...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Comcast Corp., Apple MacBook, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets; Blog posts 2008-03-28
Comcast promises protocol-agnostic throttling: Comcast promises protocol-agnostic throttlingComment from FreePressHere's a statement from FreePress's Martin Ammori:"These talks are the direct result of public pressure -- and the threat of FCC action -- against Comcast. But with Comcast's history of broken promises and record of deception, we can't just take their word that the Internet...; Tags: Federal government, Cable, Comcast Corp., FreePress; Discussion threads 2008-03-27

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