broadband network data management

Comcast Pulls an About Face, Teams Up with BitTorrent for Net Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:36:39 -0700

Comcast has taken a lot of crap from everyone from the FCC to consumers, and they've been listening. In fact, they've decided to stop all the fussin' and the fuedin' and actually team up with BitTorrent for the sake of net neutrality. But of course, dear readers, there's a catch.

Comcast, BitTorrent Work Toward Net Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:32:19 -0700

After months of back and forth over cable's treatment of file-sharing services, Comcast and BitTorrent on Thursday reached an agreement in which Comcast agreed to alter its network management practices, and BitTorrent acknowledged that Comcast has the right to police its own network.

Comcast-BitTorrent Pact Not a Substitute for Net Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:14:43 -0700

The cable giant and the peer-to-peer innovator whose conflict triggered a renewed debate over Net Neutrality have announced that they will work together now, or at least adjust some of their rhetoric.

Q&A with Comcast's Joe Waz About BitTorrent Detente

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:01:40 -0700

BitTorrent and Comcast have declared a detente in a Net Neutrality cold war that has drawn a slew of angry protests and already ended up before the Federal Communications Commission. But details are still unclear.

Comcast Agrees to Stop Picking on BitTorrent

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:54:56 -0700

Comcast announced today it has decided to stop targeting such P2P protocols as BitTorrent when managing network traffic.

Comcast, BitTorrent Agree to Team Up on Traffic Issues

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:48:41 -0700

Comcast and BitTorrent agreed to find ways that BitTorrent's file-sharing application can be used by Comcast's high-speed-data subscribers without clogging up Comcast's cable pipes and impacting service for all customers.

Comcast to Put an End to File-Sharing Block

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:40:55 -0700

Telecommunications company Comcast announced today that it will no longer restrict Internet subscribers from accessing file-sharing programs and websites.

Comcast and BitTorrent Working It Out

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:36:27 -0700

After months of battling over the extent to which Comcast was blocking user access to the peer-to-peer file-sharing service BitTorrent, the two companies said Thursday they would work together to craft solutions to ensure full access.

Comcast to Modify Network Practices

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:26:04 -0700

Cable operator Comcast Corp promised on Thursday to change how it manages its network in response to accusations it blocks some Internet file-sharing services because they require large amounts of bandwidth.

Comcast Reduces Discrimination, Plans to End it Altogether

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:22:50 -0700

Last month, shortly before the FCC held its first hearing in an investigation of Comcast's interference with BitTorrent and other P2P protocols, we noticed that Comcast was no longer injecting forged TCP RST packets in the simple tests we had been running on its cable network.

Comcast Adjusts Way It Manages Internet Traffic

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:18:47 -0700

Comcast, the country's largest residential Internet provider, said on Thursday that it would take a more equitable approach toward managing the ever-expanding flow of Web traffic on its network.

Comcast Changes Tune, Won't Block Large Files

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:15:41 -0700

Comcast promised today that it would adopt an agnostic approach to Internet traffic and would no longer target and block file-sharing protocols such as San Francisco's BitTorrent.

Comcast and BitTorrent Join on Network Management Plan

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:44:21 -0700

Comcast and BitTorrent announced an agreement to work together to manage network traffic in a transparent and protocol-agnostic way. A joint statement from both companies said Comcast will manage Internet traffic equally, regardless of the type of content.

Comcast-BitTorrent Agreement Raises Questions

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:32:28 -0700

Thursday's announcement that Comcast and BitTorrent will work together to solve network management problems won praise from some quarters, including members of the Federal Communications Commission, but some Net Neutrality advocates said the deal doesn't diminish the need for new government rules.

How ISPs Learned to Stop Worrying and Love P2P

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:26:42 -0700

One month after Comcast aggressively defended its targeted use of TCP reset packets to delay or stop BitTorrent uploads at an FCC hearing last month, the company has reversed course and says it will stop targeting individual peer-to-peer (P2P) protocols when managing network traffic.

FCC Commissioner: Net Neutrality Shouldn't Extend to Illegal Acts

Stevie Converse — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:10:50 -0700

While key players are slugging it out over ISP content filtering, the Federal Communications Commission has released a slew of decisions and announcements about broadband.