Comments on: Comcast No-Show at throttling hearing

By: Jile

Jile — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:37:26 +0000

As a tormented Comcast user - one that is not using P2P at all these days mind you - I find their traffic flow software to be garbage and have effected my online gaming to the point I’m seeking a new ISP.

I pay for 10mb/1mb line - I should be able to download 10mb 24/7 while uploading 1mb 24/7 and what I send/receive is none of their business for my “unlimited” line.

They claim their connection is stable - Lord, they really should try using their own product if they believe that.

I have really low snr and my ping rates are sub20ms along my route - other users in my gaming community connecting to the same server I do have no problems; however, interestingly, several of us all using Comcast across different parts of the US all drop off and disconnect from the server at the same instance some days - its quite hilarious as I tell everyone NOT to use Comcast as anything more than a glorified web browsing ISP….

By: Stray Mongrel

Stray Mongrel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:53:55 +0000

The future demands for bandwidth are going to increase, and the amount of normal data traffic for an average user is going to increase.
With sites like Hulu, and other streaming applications, the bandwidth required to increase the resolution of “on demand media” is going to put a heavy load, comparable to p2p traffic, on the internet as a whole.

The average “web page” is significantly more bandwidth hungry today, than they were 10 years ago.

I see no future for an ISP that refuses to grow with the technology, but instead tries to fight it. It strikes me as the same losing battle that the RIAA is trying to fight vs. technological advancement.

By: Free Speech

Free Speech — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:20:27 +0000

“Both seemed hopeful that the private sector could resolve the problem without regulation, as Comcast is trying to do by recently signing agreements with peer-to-peer providers BitTorrent and Pando.”

That’s not resolving the problem…that’s allowing ISPs to make agreements outside of the control of the paying customers. That’s exactly the problem we want eliminated.

ISPs in the US have gotten off easy by providing less bandwidth and lower speeds at higher prices than most other major (and some significantly smaller) countries of the world. They need to either charge less or upgrade their systems.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:46:15 +0000

There were no urls. Since I posted it some time ago this morning, I have no idea what it was now. Other than I had “last mile” in the wording.

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:44:21 +0000

Two Yes/No question the FCC should ask Comcast;

1. Can a P2P client upload or download faster than a user’s account normally allows?

2. Assuming the answer to the previous questionj was “no”; So Comcast is selling bandwidth that it can’t actually support?

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:24:28 +0000

^^ Sorry.

It may have been flagged as Spam. If it had two or more urls, that would have been the case. Give me a couple of words and I’ll try to find it.

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:45:27 +0000

Another post that wordpress has decided it can’t handle. No warning, no error, just doesn’t show up.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:11:45 +0000

I keep hearing about this…”bill of rights”…We really don’t need one…
ISP’s need to get it…..IT’S MY CONNECTION….I PAY FOR IT…IF IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE UNLIMITED…THEN IT SHOULD BE UNLIMITED. I WILL USE IT ANYWAY I WANT……
That means I will download as much as I want..when I want….and if they mess with it….I will take my hard earned money elsewhere…..