[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic

[Rui Correia]

Dear All

I thought this is pertinent on these forums.

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Rui

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Date: 20 Oct 2007 01:50
Subject: Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic
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t r u t h o u t | 10.19

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Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101907R.shtml
Peter Svensson, reporting for The Associated Press, writes: "Comcast Corp.
actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet
subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition
of treating all types of Net traffic equally. The interference, which The
Associated Press confirmed through nationwide tests, is the most drastic
example yet of data discrimination by a US Internet service provider."



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