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- Comcast, Cox block BitTorrent 24/7
- Comcast, Cox block BitTorrent 24/7Valid use of bitTorrentThere is a real problem when a specific protocol on the Net is blocked by a service provider. Unfortunately it stifles the legitimate use of these technologies. We need a Net Neutrality law NOW!RE: Comcast, Cox block BitTorrent 24/7You do know...
- Tags: Cox, BitTorrent, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Why metered Internet is a really bad idea
- Why metered Internet is a really bad ideaONLY if I could effectively block ...."Metered"service would make me pay TWICE for all the adds ZDnetinserts in each page. Once to access the internet and again topay for the gigabytes of data I would be forced to download toread ANYTHING!If ZDNet,...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Network technology, Broadband Internet, Internet, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Cox
- Discussion threads 2007-12-10
- Cox demonstrates political nature of open source
- Cox demonstrates political nature of open sourceThere is a restive crowd...... of open source devotees who search erratically for criticisms of open source on which they can swarm and sting.But, like gnats, they appear more ominous than the reality. Call it youthful hormonal imbalance if your protective netting is...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Oracle Corp., Yes open source, Shuttleworth, Cox, open source, Microsoft Windows, software, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-27
- Cox demonstrates political nature of open source
- This week, Alan Cox offered a quick primer on just how political open source remains.Speaking at the London Linuxworld conference, he said something quite obvious. Open source is not inherently more secure than other software. Well, you'd think he just cursed from the way folks went on about this. Here is the...
- Tags: Cox, open source, Alan Cox, Linux
- Blog posts 2006-10-27
- Craigslist scare story gets even stranger
- [Update: Now we have US Senator Wyden propagating the lie that this was a Cox conspiracy to block Craigslist because they have their own classified service. The following blog proves that this was never the case and the original myth was retracted]In my last blog about the lies being...
- Tags: Craigslist, Authentium
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- Net Neutrality Update: Craigslist, Authentium and Cox
- Craig Newmark has posted an update on the Authentium/Cox craigslist blocking situation, here is a copy:Folks, first, sorry for taking so long for this update, but I wanted to give the Authentium folks to today to respond; that didn't happen, and I guess we've waited long enough.We heard about this...
- Tags: Authentium, Cox
- Blog posts 2006-06-19
- Are the Net neutralists making unfair hay over a CraigsList snafu?
- Are the Net neutralists making unfair hay over a CraigsList snafu?Legitimacy of the ideas isn't in jeopardyDavid, You write:If this is true, it could be a blow to legitimate efforts to ensure the neutrality of the Net because of how it might stigmatize all Net neutralists as extremists willing to...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Craigslist, Cox, neutralist
- Discussion threads 2006-06-19
- Trend Micro: Open source is more secure
- Trend Micro: Open source is more secureTrend Micro: Open source is more secureTrend Micro can't be serious by saying linux is more secure than Windows. No doubt open source is more secure, but open source != linux!!! Not to mention that Windows has an incredible amount of market...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, open source, Trend Micro Inc., security, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Cox
- Discussion threads 2006-06-13
- Craigslist suffers third outage in a week
- Craigslist suffers third outage in a weekHmm I haven't noticed anything unusual..."[B] "The outage is highly unusual for us," Buckmaster said in his e-mail. "[I][U]Our total downtime planned and unplanned is generally less than five hours per year, and we've had years without so much as a single hour of...
- Tags: Manufacturing, outage, Craigslist, Cox
- Discussion threads 2006-06-12
- Cox president calls for level playing field
- Cox president calls for level playing fieldYou have been screwing subscribers...for years. Now that your facing the new kids on the block with rules you didn't think of,your crying foul.Unfair it's not......A statewide franchise concept is not unfair and the idea that it is being done to benefit the...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Now IT, phone, phone company, Cox
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
- Torvalds at odds with Cox over Linux and GPL3
- Torvalds at odds with Cox over Linux and GPL3Not a problem"Trouble in Linux paradise?"This very question is suggesting that because Torvalds and Cox have a difference in opinion there is a big problem with Linux development. That's just plain silly. Sensible people, in the same organization, disagree all...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Torvalds, GPL 3, Linux, Cox
- Discussion threads 2006-01-31
- U.K. Linux guru backs GPL 3
- U.K. Linux guru backs GPL 3Does it matter what he thinks?Linus is still the one driving kernel development.And Torvalds is rightDRM is a human behavior, procedural requirement and not operating system internal behavior. OS kernel is about fundamental functions of hardware and their integration to perform tasks. What tasks are...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), OPEN SOURCE, Digital media, software world, Alan Cox, OS Kernel, GPL 3, GPL, digital-rights management, Cox, Linus
- Discussion threads 2006-01-31
- Broadband monopolists: please don't enact VoIP port-block rules
- Broadband monopolists: please don't enact VoIP port-block rulesMunn v. Illinois, 94 U.S. 113 (1877)That case is the first case to really put a point on the police power and their ability to regulate common carriers for hire. Comcast is a common carrier. Cox is a common carrier. ...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, Cox, Comcast Corp., common carrier, carrier, VoIP, broadband
- Discussion threads 2005-08-12
- Voters approve citywide fiber project
- Voters approve citywide fiber projectLooks like No_Ax called this one wrong.From: http://news.zdnet.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=11899&messageID=236908&start=-1[b]To expensive at $1000 per person.[/b]I doubt many people will be willing to spend $1000 a person to do it.[b]Posted by:[/b] No_Ax_to_Grind [b]Posted on:[/b] 07/16/05 In reality, this fiber allows for better and faster service than...
- Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, cable, Cox, network, phone, SBC, fiber
- Discussion threads 2005-07-17
- Comcast revs up downloads
- Comcast revs up downloadsI don't want faster speeds.....I don't want faster speeds, I want lower pricing. Its fast enough already. The average user won't notice the difference.Comcast so called higher download speedMy portal has an indicator that tells me how much time the page took to load, some time back...
- Tags: WiMAX, Network technology, Cox, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-07-12
- Cable wins Supreme Court battle
- Cable wins Supreme Court battleThen they shouldn't be able to offer phone service.....The cable scumbags want to have their cake and eat it to. Comcast loves the fact that the phone companies are regulated as a public service (and they should be, no doubt) while the cable companies offer...
- Tags: Network technology, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cox, Comcast Corp., cable, cake
- Discussion threads 2005-06-27
- Net taxes? Over my dead body!
- Net taxes? Over my dead body!Politicians need more money to waste on PORK...If politicians can create a new tax or inflate a tax or in any way generate more revenue to support their crony friends, they will. It's down right disgusting how corrupt our government is!Greedy peopleCan't people put aside...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Cox, ROI, tax
- Discussion threads 2005-03-14
- Cox may sell four cable assets
- Cox may sell four cable assetsI hope Central Texas is sold...Cox is our only choice in Pflugerville, a suburb of Austin. I hope they sell out and we can get some other provider (ANY other provider!).Do it NOW!Get your money while you still can! The WiMAX steamroller will make your...
- Tags: Network technology, Asset management, Cox, cable, cable asset, asset
- Discussion threads 2005-03-08
- The ups and downs of life with Linus
- The ups and downs of life with LinusWho cares! Was Linux Knighted by the Queen?:)The thing I love most about OSS folk......is there upfront honesty. They don't hide their faults, they talk about them and try to make them better.It took courage for Cox to say Torvalds fixes security problems...
- Tags: Linus, Bill Gates, OSS, Cox, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-03-03
- Cox speed boost leaves some members behind
- Cox speed boost leaves some members behindwhiners...a FREE speed upgrade... that they WILL get... good lord, what made this news?Only 256k now 512 uploads??Dang that's slow. My provider offers symmetrical up/downloads. I'm not really surprised, cable internet access blows.Here's why it matters...Middle America Cox is Cox's largest division, with 800,000...
- Tags: Cable, Cox, M.A.C., M.A.C. customer
- Discussion threads 2004-08-13
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