I am glad there are still some technophiles out there with this passion. Please do hold onto it, and don't let the world make you into what the rest of us have had to become.
-Steve Von Fugal wrote:
Your missing the point, as are a lot of people here. I think that blocking torrent/p2p IS wrong. Why?! Because Comcast _is_ providing the customer a service, and that service is _internet_. Not just http, not just whatever Comcast deems is most profitable to them. I could care less if Comcast came out and said "we are offering http only, with minimal allowance for any other protocol you might need on the side" or if they said "we offer internet access sans torrents/p2p". But that's exactly _not_ what they offer. If the bandwidth thing is really a problem then they need to deal with it as a bandwidth thing. If 100 customers purchase "unlimited" access from comcast, and they all use an "unlimited" amount, and comcast simply can't handle that, then that's totally wrong. Comcast should be able to back up what they sell. They could figure out what it is they could realistically provide, offer just that, and let people go into it knowing what they will get. This is totally feasible. Say Comcast says they can offer speeds up to X and that the usage cap is Y, so you can get download speeds of X as long as you don't exceed Y/day or Y/month. Then, the torrent user can look at that and say, "gee, I need a lot more than that" and get a different service, or an upgraded one with Comcast. It's not about what comcast can do with their business. It's about what they say they will do and then don't do it. They're LYING, plain and simple and it is wrong. The truth is they probably can't compete on offering what they actually have to offer, so the offer the world to everyone, then silence those (on the network) that actually take what's offered. It's shady and dishonest, and should definately stop. Von Fugal
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