peer-to-peer network

Corporate Raiders of the Lost Ark

John Paczkowski in News on May 20, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

NBC Universal CEO: I Can Has Pro-IP Act?

John Paczkowski in News on May 2, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

If there was an Emmy Award for legislation production, NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker would surely win it. Last October he called upon Congress to pass a bill that would create a dedicated intellectual-property enforcement bureau and today it’s looking more and more like he’s going to get it. This week members of the [...]

Old Comcast Traffic-Shaping Technique Actually "New" Traffic-Shaping Technique

John Paczkowski in News on April 17, 2008 at 11:24 am PT

Comcast is apparently too busy drafting its “P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” to bother attending the daylong hearing into its dubious “network management” practices. An odd decision for a company so intent on “clarifying” the practices ISPs should use to manage P2P applications running on their networks. But according to a company spokesperson, Comcast [...]

Old Comcast Traffic-Shaping Technique Actually “New” Traffic-Shaping Technique

John Paczkowski in News on April 17, 2008 at 11:24 am PT

Comcast is apparently too busy drafting its “P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” to bother attending the daylong hearing into its dubious “network management” practices. An odd decision for a company so intent on “clarifying” the practices ISPs should use to manage P2P applications running on their networks. But according to a company spokesperson, Comcast [...]

Send Your "P2P Bill of Rights" Suggestions to: Comcast Corp., 666 Road to Damascus …

John Paczkowski in News on April 15, 2008 at 1:53 pm PT

It’s quite a road-to-Damascus conversion Comcast is having these days, isn’t it? Back in February the cable company claimed it was perfectly reasonable for it to throttle or degrade the performance of peer-to-peer file-sharing services on its broadband network. But when FCC chairman Kevin Martin suggested the agency was mulling action against it, Comcast had a moment of clarity.

Send Your “P2P Bill of Rights” Suggestions to: Comcast Corp., 666 Road to Damascus …

John Paczkowski in News on April 15, 2008 at 1:53 pm PT

It’s quite a road-to-Damascus conversion Comcast is having these days, isn’t it? Back in February the cable company claimed it was perfectly reasonable for it to throttle or degrade the performance of peer-to-peer file-sharing services on its broadband network. But when FCC chairman Kevin Martin suggested the agency was mulling action against it, Comcast had a moment of clarity.

Suegate?

John Paczkowski in News on April 15, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

P2P Tax to Be Followed by Boston P2P Party?

John Paczkowski in News on March 28, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

Human Sacrifice, Comcast and BitTorrent Working Together… Mass Hysteria! …

John Paczkowski in News on March 27, 2008 at 5:39 am PT

It’s a Comcastic day for BitTorrent. This morning the cable provider, under fire for degrading the performance of the peer-to-peer file-sharing service on its broadband network, announced plans to develop better ways to manage peer-to-peer traffic.