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

[Dr. Francis MUGUET]

Dear Rui
>
> Dear All
>
> I thought this is pertinent on these forums.
Indeed, it seems justified to bring this very important issue to the 
plenary.

see also
# Comcast blocks some Internet traffic 
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/> ( Oct. 19, 2007 )
# Comcast really does block BitTorrent traffic after all 
<http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9800629-38.html> ( Oct. 19, 2007 )

I fully concur with you
There are two questions at stake there :
  1/  *Internet Neutrality *is under attack in the US
  2/  *Privacy. * 
In order to stop the P2P Bittorent, the technique ( I read a technical 
article about it,
 some weeks ago ) involve replacing your own answer to the tracker,
 by a* forged answer *telling that you are quitting the swarm.

This is quite unbelievable...  first interception of your answer, and 
then replacing
 a yes for a no.

Internet Neutrality is also under further attack in the US

# 3rd Circuit Upholds FCC's Deregulation of High-Speed Internet Access 
<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1192525413109> ( October 17, 2007 )

What can be seen that, under the pressure of different illegitimate 
commercial
or industrial lobbies, freedom
is now increasingly put in jeopardy

Best

Francis

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> Regards,
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> Rui
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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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