[100254] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John C. A. Bambenek)
Fri Oct 19 22:59:08 2007
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:55:02 -0500
From: "John C. A. Bambenek" <bambenek@gmail.com>
To: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710191633420.6227@whammy.cluebyfour.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Communication of rules is fair... I was criticizing the "net
neutrality" argument. They should communicate the rules, I agree.
On 10/19/07, Justin M. Streiner <streiner@cluebyfour.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, John C. A. Bambenek wrote:
>
> > Since when did private companies no longer have the right to regulate
> > their own property?
>
> I don't know that anyone would disagree with their right to do so, but if
> there are usage limits, those limits should be made known to the user
> community. I'm sure Comcast has ways to communicate TOS updates to their
> user base - mass email, stuff a letter in peoples' cable bills, etc...
>
> How would you react if you were pulled over for speeding on a road that
> had no posted speed limit?
>
> jms
>
