Sued for Blocking File Sharing? Yep, Comcast got Served
 

Apparently, a few users of Comcast have noticed the company is interfering in their attempts to use file sharing software by making the connections appear to be dropped ... but to think customers suing for (obviously) illegally sharing files?

Interesting to see where this goes...

Full story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/...discrimination

Many companies use that same P2P technology to push content without having to pay for the bandwidth. We're talking software companies that offer a torrent download option or the newer online video services that use torrent technology to stream their content on a massive scale for significantly less money.

It moves the bandwidth burden away from webhosts and onto ISP's. In my opinion, Comcast is just trying to stifle this technology for that reason.

I was about to post this :2 cents:

obviously??

I use it to get some of my fav web-isodes of stuff, linux distro's and many other things that are perfectly legal. I'd be pissed if my ISP blocked torrents or any other form of download.

People can download illegal software using FTP... should that be blocked as well?

Stop making sense .....
I also get my latest Centos OS from torrent seeds ... legally.

As for ISP, here I had unlimited up/down with Videotron. Now they capped at 100 gigs/month. I am looking to change ISP, ot at least pay less since I get less .

Unless I misread the article, it seems they are targeting specific p2p software - the ones most popular for illegal file sharing. I don't believe they are targeting the technology itself.

I don't see anything in the article about certain applications.
It would be hard to filter only some of the p2p software,
also I download my movies with the same application I download linux
so that would obviously affect legit traffic as well, which is a no no.
When an ISP starts to regulate traffic they're getting themselves into some hot
waters because you either regulate everything or not at all.

One time I used a 40MM machine gun to shoot a duck. Just because some people use them to kill everyone at the post office doesn't mean the rest of us who use our chain machine guns for hunting purposes should have to suffer.