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Comcast disapproves of your media, so they slow it down

Cox and Comcast slow down the Internet traffic that they don’t like, according to the Max Plank Institute. It doesn’t matter if it’s legal — if you use BitTorrent, they throttle your downloads.
According to an IT World article posted to Slashdot:

The study, using more than 8,000 nodes worldwide to test [...]

Posted by on Sunday, May 18, 2008, at 8:35 pm — no comments Tagged , , , .

Journalists should care about net neutrality

If you value the free dissemination of ideas - if you believe that democracy requires a free press - if you prefer truth to truthiness - you should care about network neutrality.
First, the ever helpful sports metaphor.
You’re watching a Cubs game. It’s a nail biter - in the bottom of the ninth, your favorite [...]

Posted by on Sunday, April 27, 2008, at 1:09 pm — 2 comments Tagged , , , .