BitTorrent president: Comcast agreement is a 'win'
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| "We're not going to be the ones who hire lobbyists, we'll leave that to the
| ones at Google and Microsoft," Navin said.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9905096-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Why not slow down iTunes shop? Or Windows update? Or YouTube? Why should
CocastSoft set the rules and discriminate against its partner's #1 rival
distribution tool?
Speaking of ComcastSoft, watch how Bush's AT&T 'pulls a Bill Gates':
AT&T Boss-Can't Find Skilled Help Desk
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| That is what AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says, that they are having
| difficulty repatriating 5,000 customer service jobs back to the US from India
| because there aren't enough "skilled workers" to take the jobs.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2008/3/27/38343
Related:
Comcast, Microsoft team up to serve smaller firms
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| Microsoft's move to offer the online software suite appears designed to
| compete with a similar offering from rival Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote,
| Profile, Research) known as Google Apps.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1361814420071114?rpc=44
Comcast admits paying attendees at FCC hearing
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| Comcast Corp. admitted yesterday that it paid people to attend a government
| hearing. Company critics say the freelance attendees were there to crowd them
| out; Comcast says they were merely saving seats for employees.
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http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20080228_Comcast_admits_paying_attendees_at_FCC_hearing.html
Comcast stacked Net Neutrality meeting
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/27/comcast-stacked-net-neutrality
Allegations fly in FCC hearing aftermath
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| Comcast Corp. on Tuesday acknowledged hiring people to fill seats before the
| start of a contentious federal hearing on how the company manages its
| broadband network, allowing its employees to take those seats when the
| filled-to-capacity hearing started.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_hi_te/internet_regulation
US senator accuses FCC of rigging 700MHz auction
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| Wireless watchers are still waiting for the final results of the The Great
| American Wireless Auction, but that hasn't stopped at least one US Senator
| from dubbing the FCC's $20bn bid-off "a disaster".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/26/fcc_accused_of_rigging_700mhz_auction/
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 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/
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