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Jon Hart, a Californian who has filed a suit against Comcast, is claiming that not only is the company violating its own "Crazy Fast Speeds" advertising, but is breaking federal computer fraud laws.When it was speculated that Comcast was doing shady things to limit and even block its subscribers' use of bandwidth-hungry applications, the company responded that the accusations were largely untrue. It then admitted to taking steps that were "temporary and intended to improve surfing for other users."
Hart's accusations stem from claims that Comcast is actively blocking peer-to-peer network traffic. Peer-to-peer traffic is most often used by file sharing applications like Kazaa or BitTorent for sharing music or videos. Comcast is allegedly sending fake signals to these applications that make them stop transmission of data, effectively shutting them down. It could be argued that such fake signals are not altogether different from a hacker taking control of your computer.
Beyond that, the suit mentions that nothing in Comcast's user agreement bars file sharing, and that their advertising claiming "unfettered access" to all of the Internet is misleading. For its part, Comcast has denied blocking peer-to-peer applications, yet also says:
We have a responsibility to provide all of our customers with a good Internet experience and we use the latest technologies to manage our network so that they can continue to enjoy these applications.We'll be watching this story very closely going forward.
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Subscribe to commentsMike ScarpelliNov 25th 2007 6:51PM
I know several people who are disappointed with Comcast. I am not surprised that they would engage in false advertising about their internet service.
HelenaNov 15th 2007 5:06PM
Recent funny stuff by Comcast: last Wednesday (Nov. 7) during the evening CNN news, Comcast briefly put up the "Required Weekly Test" screen (used to be Civil Defense, now Homeland Security). This is usually on for several minutes around 2 or 3 a.m. and has a piercing, high-pitched sound with it.
This time it showed up briefly just as Barney Frank was about to explain a bill he was introducing to do something to protect gays. I never found out what it was, but I wondered whether somebody at Comcast might be censoring the news.
The same thing happened Friday evening - just 2 days later. I was watching a movie, so I don't know what was on some other channel that may have annoyed whoever has his/her finger on the control panel button. (When the Required Weekly Test comes on, it's on all channels.)
So, I called Comcast a few days later. The person I finally got referred to seemed to understand what I was saying, but I could be wrong. I promised her that if this happens again and I have any suspicions at all, I will complain to the FCC.