[100227] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Comcast blocking p2p uploads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Clinton Popovich)
Fri Oct 19 17:35:16 2007
From: "Clinton Popovich" <crpopovi@nauticom.net>
To: "'John C. A. Bambenek'" <bambenek@gmail.com>,
"'Mark Owen'" <mr.markowen@gmail.com>
Cc: "'Steven M. Bellovin'" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>, <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <d800cd540710191242y73ef27f1qfa2c3f4a20dca355@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:38:11 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Its not that they are not permitted to control network traffic, but they
are impersonating the other server and I have a feeling there are a few laws
that could fall under. Like fraud for one.
Clinton Popovich
Systems Administrator
Nauticom Internet Services - An NPSI Company
2591 Wexford-Bayne Road, Suite 400
Sewickley, PA 15143
Tel: 724-933-9540
Fax: 724-933-9888
Email: crpopovi@nauticom.net
Web: http://www.nauticom.net
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of John
C. A. Bambenek
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:42 PM
To: Mark Owen
Cc: Steven M. Bellovin; nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads
Since when did private companies no longer have the right to regulate
their own property?
I must have missed the Amendment...
(Yeah, ok, I exaggerated the 99%)
On 10/19/07, Mark Owen <mr.markowen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/19/07, John C. A. Bambenek <bambenek@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I love how the framed it as "data discrimination". Let's just be
> > honest... 99% of it was illegal traffic taking up far more than their
> > fair share of bandwidth.
>
> And 84% of statistics are made up on site. If it is illegal it is not
your
> right to judge and punish. We have courts for that. As for limiting my
> bandwidth, if you have a problem with my usage you should state it in a
> policy and not discreetly forge RST packets.
>
> --
> Mark Owen
