Comcast Admits Delaying, Not Blocking, P2P Traffic 287
haibijon writes "The executive declined to talk in detail about the technology, citing spammers or other miscreants who might exploit that knowledge. But he insisted the company was not stopping file transfers from happening, only postponing them in certain cases. He compared it to making a phone call and getting a busy signal, then trying again and getting through."
Sure, Comcast. (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot delays (Score:1, Funny)
Gah, Comcast is delaying my
"Postponing..." (Score:5, Funny)
*Sigh of relief*
I'm not delinquent in paying my bill (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Merely delaying the packets - beyond the TTL (Score:2, Funny)
Yes like my porn, and that order for my new wife.
Re:He compares it to a phone call.... (Score:5, Funny)
Should have used tubes... (Score:3, Funny)
He should have said "its like a set of tubes its just that P2P traffic is heavier so it sinks to the bottom, and as everyone knows with rivers they flow slower at the bottom so we aren't delaying them its just that P2P traffic is like a Pike, its a heavier fish that swims at the bottom while the normal internet stuff is like a salmon at the surface. Pike also eat cute little ducklings so P2P is evil"
Re:Cool (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"Postponing..." (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"Postponing..." (Score:1, Funny)
It is Pining for the Fjords.
The obvious solution (Score:3, Funny)
Oh..that's right...there aren't any other major providers in your area....
Re:"Postponing..." (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Laughable concept, post-dating (Score:4, Funny)
Back in the olden days, when people used to write checks, a friend of mine used to make his phone bills payable to "Adolf Hitler" and "Ayatollah Khomenei" and they all went through, every one of them.
That's because they both work for the phone companies