P2P games… you know.. xbox live. IjjI network.. these all have huge player bases (in the tens of millions if not hundreds) you dont think that could eat up bandwidth? Hell, streaming is a huge bandwidth consumer.

Just wondering, I have charter cable and I have experienced no problems, but could a VPN solve the block?

The ruling has nothing to do with whether comcast should throttle bittorrent, the court only pointed out that the government entity does not presently have the power to tell comcast not to. Even if you think they should have that power, you should be glad the court isn’t allowing them to do whatever they want regardless of what power they actually have. They can still request that power from congress.

The main reason the court ruled the way they did is because the FCC tried to regulate Comcast by squeezing them into a category of companies that they are allowed to regulate in the manner in which they proposed to regulate Comcast.

All the FCC has to do is rewrite their own rules so that they can control Comcast’s behavior in this manner. It’s that simple, and it will happen. The FCC looks at this as a blow to their legitimacy, and they will end-around this recent ruling. And they won’t necessarily have to go to Congress to get the power, so long as they can support their rulemaking in this regard under one of the powers already granted to them by Congress.

No worries.

Sorry for the full caps, but this shit’s important.

Thats the next step.

Verizon fios ftw though.

You guys (TF)& (tOP) should really proofread the order before making these posts.

Ok just checking quote

Comcast has merely been granted another “petition for review” in lieu of an appeal. They cannot begin monitoring traffic again at all. At least until the FCC has it’s course through their (Comcast’s) appeal.

You should consider talking to an attorney who can read these things.

It could spell trouble yes, but the FCC needs no “due process” to officiate a ruling.(they are gov’t) That’s what they have originally done here. Comcast is now challenging that through the Supreme Courts, and have summarily been granted a re-review (lamens) through (again) the FCC.

Comcasts’s argument is over “ancillary authority” which in the case of basically setting standards among cable tv rates… worked years ago. Communication is another matter. It’s like your phone company telling you, “you cant say %!@&!”… “on our lines!”
ancillary authority is generally a theory in law. Comcast has no chance against the FCC, and their friends over in the supreme courts.
However, Laws can come and be made, or changed. The U.S. is probably looking at their new Pirate party soon.

I still say we need a new medium. Govt’s will try and force us in darknets sure. But, why not beat it with technology? The same way “they” have hired some 3rd year programmer to track us? I still say “if I own it, I can share it.”

They force us all to take one step back, and the rest of the world moves two steps forward.

The so-called “illegitimate” enterprise will always be two steps ahead because it is not shackled to the bureaucracy.

We create our own rules and live by them. Comcast can’t throttle everything without risking creating pent up demand and igniting a competition war.

I hope you have room for me and another 30,000+ people

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/90789-kerry-fcc-has-rationale-to-consider-broadband-re-classification

The arms race will simply escalate.

i refuse to support riaa,mpaa,etc.i want my freedom.

That being said – if you dislike how Comcast (and other ISPs) do business and manage their own networks, then vote with your feet and take your traffic to another provider… and convince your friends and neighbors to do the same. That’s the language that they’ll understand – the loss of revenue – and the only one that will truly lead to them changing their policies.

It’s risky as to what comcast will do, but this doesn’t mean they aren’t regulated, it just means FCC can’t do it currently.

explanation: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100406/0930118895.shtml

“[The FCC] could appeal at the Supreme Court, or it could ask Congress to give it the powers it wants and/or needs”

That’s the Judicial (Supreme Court) and the Legislative (Congress) branch, respectively

Obama is the head of the Executive branch, and thus has very little, if anything, to do with this (currently) from what I know.

Serves you right for screwing around in class.

Don’t you Love his “Hope and Change”. HaHaHaHaHa. All you STUPID Idiots that voted for him are going to get what you deserve. LOL

Still, that’s a major blow on FCC’s authority. Wonder how they’ll react.

Is it a TRAP?!?! (dundundunnnn)

maybe the ‘better’ one is really just better at throttling my band…

for shame comcast, for shame.

“Ah yes, ANOTHER OFFICIAL HAS BEEN BOUGHT OFF!

Spoken like a true PIRATEBAY-HOMER!

Idiot.”

clearly it is you that is suffering from an intellectual deficiency. that means youre a retard. watch some more smurfs you homo instead of pretending to be an elitist towards people expressing their opinions and frustrations. guess what? thats what forums are for. duh…

or continue to act that way, just dont cry when it doesnt go unnoticed.

anyone else have a theory on why the FCC wouldnt be allowed to do the ONLY job thats is theirs to do?

anyone? anyone? bueller?

-Confused Comcast Customer