FCC clears Google to bid in wireless auction
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| Communications regulators have cleared Google to bid in an upcoming auction
| of coveted wireless airwaves, according to auction documents released by the
| Federal Communications Commission on Monday. Google was among a list of
| potential bidders released by the FCC that have made a required up-front
| payment and have been cleared to take part in the high-stakes 700MHz wireless
| auction.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2110-1035_22-6226146.html
FCC asks Comcast about Internet filter
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| Comcast Corp. Monday said it has received letters of inquiry from the Federal
| Communications Commission regarding complaints that the company actively
| interferes with its subscribers' Internet traffic.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080114/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_data_discrimination
FCC officially opens proceeding on Comcast's P2P throttling
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| The Federal Communications Commission has officially opened a pair of
| rule-making proceedings over network management in the wake of the discovery
| that Comcast occasionally blocks some BitTorrent and other traffic (Comcast
| calls it "delaying"). The proceedings are not unexpected, seeing as how FCC
| Chairman Kevin Martin promised an investigation last week at the Consumer
| Electronics Show.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080114-fcc-officially-opens-proceeding-on-comcasts-p2p-throttling.html
Related:
Consumer groups want Comcast fined for thwarting the Bible
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| A number of consumer groups are petitioning the FCC to fine Comcast $195,000
| for every customer affected by their BitTorrent-throttling practices. The FCC
| has said in the past that service providers can't "block" customers from
| using certain applications or websites, but it hasn't enforced that policy.
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http://valleywag.com/tech/politics/consumer-groups-want-comcast-fined-for-thwarting-the-bible-317960.php
Comcast reported to FCC
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| P2P throttling breaks FCC 'net neutrality' policy
|
| [...]
|
| Among the consumer groups who have approached the FCC are the Consumer
| Federation of America, the Consumers Union, the Media Access Project and
| professors at the Internet practices of the Yale, Harvard and Stanford law
| schools.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/02/comcast-reported-fcc
Comcast's "We Don't Throttle BitTorrent" Internal Talking Points Memo
http://consumerist.com/consumer/leaks/comcasts-we-dont-throttle-bittorrent-internal-talking-points-memo-315791.php
Comcast Isn’t Net Neutral; Are They Liars, Too?
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| Following reports that Comcast isn’t net neutral, Consumerist blog has
| acquired several leaks from Comcast insiders, claiming that they do indeed
| use Sandvine for packet shaping, and that customer service representatives
| are being told nothing about how the network technology works,
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http://mashable.com/2007/10/26/comcast-isnt-net-neutral-are-they-liars-too/
Senators want probe of Comcast's BitTorrent 'discrimination'
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| The senators suggested the incidents indicate "Congress should consider
| adopting targeted regulations to protect consumers and ensure a vibrant and
| open communications platform."
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9805308-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Congressman to Comcast: Stop interfering with BitTorrent
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| While a class action lawsuit is definitely one way to get Comcast to behave,
| another perhaps more productive way to do so is to have politicians step in
| and regulate.
|
| On Tuesday, I discussed the issue of Comcast's anti-BitTorrent "network
| management" with Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., who is a strong supporter of
| consumer rights and has led the battle to undo the damage caused by the
| Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9804158-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
OiNK Down, Norwegian BitTorrent Trackers Next
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| With the BitTorrent world spinning on its heels after the shock takedown of
| the huge OiNK tracker, there are now indications that the shutdowns may
| continue. According to the lawyer who lost against ‘DVD Jon’, next stop is
| Norway and raids are imminent.
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http://torrentfreak.com/oink-down-norwegian-bittorrent-trackers-next-071024/
TorrentSpy Traffic Plunges After US Ban
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| The MPAA has caused TorrentSpy, once the most popular BitTorrent site, some
| serious headaches. After a federal judge ordered TorrentSpy to log all user
| data stored in RAM, they decided to block access to US users, consequently
| their traffic dropped significantly.
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http://torrentfreak.com/torrentspy-traffic-plunges-after-us-ban-071006/
BitTorrent Admin Monitored by US Government, Forced to Dump Linux
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| Sk0t, an ex-administrator of the EliteTorrents BitTorrent tracker is to have
| his internet connection forcibly monitored by the US Government. If that
| wasn’t bad enough, the monitoring software is Windows based - which means he
| is being forced to ditch Linux - or face being barred from the internet.
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http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-admin-monitored-by-us-government-forced-to-dump-linux/
Is Comcast's BitTorrent filtering violating the law?
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| Assuming that the SYN packet goes through, the three-way handshake is allowed
| to happen, then the two hosts will be able to begin communicating. Your ISP
| can still kill the connection later, should they wish to, merely by blocking
| the transmission of future packets.
|
| According to Torrent Freak, Comcast is not doing this. They are instead
| sending a reset (or RST) packet to the Comcast customer, pretending to be
| from the host at the end of the BitTorrent connection.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9769645-46.html
Comcast Cuts Off Heavy Internet Users
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| Customers complain bandwidth limits are secret.
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http://consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/08/comcast_ban.html?imw=Y
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