Comcast blocks some Internet traffic
Posted by Bill Gaffney | October 19th, 2007The Associated Press verified, through nationwide tests, that Comcast actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed subscribers to share files online. This interference is the most drastic example yet of data discrimination, and a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally.
The AP attempted three different attempts to download a copy of the King James Bible, a public-domain work unprotected by copyright, by BitTorrent. In two out of its three tests, the downloads were blocked altogether, while in the remaining test, the download started after a 10-minute delay.
