Of Tolls and Rivers Chains –The New Robber Barons

For a number of centuries, roughly 800 AD to 1800 AD, feudal lords with land along the Rhine River in Germany, collected tolls from passing cargo ships. In an effective effort to back this control, large iron chains were laid across the river and raised high enough to block...

Comcast shows resilience to economic downturn

"Comcast shows resilience to economic downturn""In addition to the phone companies, so far it looks like cable operators are also in good shape to weather the current economic downturn. On Thursday Comcast, the largest cable operator in the U.S., reported solid earnings for...

Comcast sets bandwidth limit

Uh oh. We all knew that this was coming: Comcast has finally decided to limit their residential customers to 250 GB/month. Over the past year, there have been rumours about the ISP bandwidth caps and its effect on users and the Internet's development as a collaboration, media...

Historic Victory for Net Neutrality

It's nice to report some good news once in a while.  Congratulations to everyone who made this win possible.  The little guys have to work hard to make gain like this."Comcast tried to stop it. Telecom-funded politicians tried to discourage it. Big Media tried to...

At Comcast, the Left Hand does not always Speak to the Right Hand

As you might have read, I had some connection issues in the past 2 weeks with my internet service.It took 2 visits by Comcast technicians to fix the problem.The second one was a bit more thorough.The point I want to raise today is what seems like a lack of method in keeping...

Comcast Ordered to Stop BitTorrent Traffic Interference

"ISPs have been throttling BitTorrent traffic for years now, but only recently has this turned into a political issue. In a huge victory for BitTorrent users, the FCC has now announced that it will order Comcast to stop interfering with BitTorrent traffic. ...

An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates

"An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates By Vindu Goel When Comcast admitted last fall that it was blocking — or slowing down, as the company preferred to call it — certain file transfers by customers, a lot of people complained that the company...

File under "Uses for Twitter"

"Arrington was complaining that his Comcast Internet service was inexplicably down. Eliason reached out to help, and Comcast soon dispatched a team to Arrington’s house to fix his Internet connection. It was, Eliason says, a turning point, but not in quite the way you’d...