[CoLoCo] Off-Topic: FCC To Investigate Comcast

Collins Richey crichey at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 03:09:33 GMT 2008


On Jan 8, 2008 10:40 PM, TheZorch <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is off-topic but can be related to Linux in some respects.  I know
> that some OSS projects use Bitorrent to distribute their software, and
> WoW uses a built-in Bitorrent client for downloading updates.  Anyway,
> the FCC has announced a launch of an official investigation into
> Comcast's "network shaping" practices and the reasons why the company
> failed to disclosed this information to its customers (its also an FCC
> regulation).  I

Please elaborate. I don't have a clue what "network shaping" is and
why it has disastrous effects on other networks.


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Collins Richey
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     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.



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