Comcast Inks Network Management Accord with Vonage

DMW Daily, July 9, 2008
By Mark Hefflinger

Comcast, the nation's largest cable TV provider, announced a collaborative agreement with VoIP provider Vonage. Comcast has come under close scrutiny since it was revealed the company was interfering with the file-sharing traffic of its customers, and has pledged to instill a "protocol-agnostic" means of managing its network bandwidth.

Read the whole story here

TAGS:
TOOLS:

Free Press is a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. Free Press does not support or oppose any candidate for public office. Through education, organizing and advocacy, we promote diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media and universal access to communications.


This article is copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Freepress.net is a project of Free Press and the Free Press Action Fund. Free Press and the Free Press Action Fund do not support or oppose any candidate for public office, and we are a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media.
Massachusetts Office: 40 Main St., Suite 301, Florence, MA 01062 – Ph 877.888.1533 – Fax 413.585.8904
Washington Office: 501 Third St. NW, Suite 875, Washington, D.C. 20001 – Ph 202.265.1490 – Fax 202.265.1489