[sf-lug] USA - [Fwd: Don't Let Comcast Shut You Up]

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Fri Mar 28 16:18:52 PDT 2008


Quoting bobbie sellers (bliss at california.com):

> I was perhaps foolish to think this might be of interest
> but ignore if you are bored with politics.

> Timothy Karr <list at freepress.net> wrote:
>
>> http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=YsuydILluQydgNPe9aur1g..
>>
>> Video: Comcast tries to buy our silence
>> http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=jVMtJfcAqfEnpmUl6GCc6Q..
>>
>> We just caught Comcast Corp. stacking an FCC hearing
>> with paid (and apparently sleepy) seat-fillers. [...]

And I just love the sleazy PR measures Comcast took to hide the truth, and
prevent customers from knowing they've been forging traffic to interfere
with their Internet access:

http://consumerist.com/consumer/insiders/leaks-insider-tells-us-theres-proof-comcast-contracts-bittorrent-sabotagingto-sandvine-315802.php
http://consumerist.com/consumer/leaks/comcasts-we-dont-throttle-bittorrent-internal-talking-points-memo-315791.php
http://consumerist.com/consumer/bittorrent/damning-proof-comcast-contracted-to-sandvine-315921.php
http://www.eff.org/wp/packet-forgery-isps-report-comcast-affair





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