Comcast - You are not my keeper Part 2

Due to come questions about my personal experience with Comcast and what issues I was seeing and why I switched over to Qwest, I decided that maybe a follow-up post to the first “Comcast - You are not my keeper”.

I started to read deeper into this issue and maybe lend a helping hand where it is needed. Comcast has come out said, “Comcast does not block access to any Web sites or online applications, including peer-to-peer services like BitTorrent.” and a little more side stepping “We have a responsibility to provide all of our customers with a good Internet experience and we use the latest technologies to manage our network so that they can continue to enjoy these applications.”

I personally tested their service and from my conclusion I saw a huge difference in speeds from Comcast and Qwest. I hooked up a PC directly to the Comcast modem and sure enough every single P2P or FTP file I would upload would average 100 to 200kbit. My actual download speeds on my 6MB line were averaging 1.2MB to 3.4MB. I was used to seeing an average of about 5MB to 6MB pretty much every day all day long. So when I tested the Qwest line my upload speeds were averaging 768kbit to 950kbit and my downloads were averaging 10.5MB to 12MB. Um, Comcast that looks pretty bad for you.

So I started to read the Internet and see what else was being said and what issues people were seeing. Here is a few links that really hit home.

http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-throttles-bittorrent-traffic-seeding-impossible/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-9769645-46.html

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/10/comcast-traff-1.html

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/comcast_filtering_for_profit_a_three_phase_plan_to_right_size_consumer_bandwidth

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/151810.shtml

http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article/14548/comcast-filtering-file-sharing-traffic

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/comcast-were-delaying-not-blocking-bittorrent-traffic/

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/01/09/att-to-filter-intern.html

I know my Blog is not all that or that large…yet. But after spending about 4 hours reading on-line I came to the conclusion that maybe I am right and Comcast is in fact wrong. You know you are doing wrong and once the truth comes out, you will have to eat some serious crow. “The truth shall set you free!”

I then noticed a very good friend of mine (http://travis.sarbin.net/) was going through the same damn thing and he also received a message from Comcast themselves. Basically from what I read, you are just trying to play PR to tech world. Guess what, we only have one thing for you to do Comcast. Please read the following statement out loud for all to hear.

I AM SOFA KING

WE TODD DID!

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