Dear All<br>
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I thought this is pertinent on these forums.<br>
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Rui<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">t r u t h o u t</b> <<a href="mailto:messenger@truthout.org">messenger@truthout.org</a>><br>Date: 20 Oct 2007 01:50
<br>Subject: Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic<br>To: <a href="mailto:correia.rui@gmail.com">correia.rui@gmail.com</a><br></span><br>t r u t h o u t | 10.19<br><br>Go directly to our issues page: <a href="http://www.truthout.org/issues.shtml">
http://www.truthout.org/issues.shtml</a><br><br>Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic<br><a href="http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101907R.shtml">http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101907R.shtml</a><br>Peter
Svensson, reporting for The Associated Press, writes: "Comcast Corp.
actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet
subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the
tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally. The
interference, which The Associated Press confirmed through nationwide
tests, is the most drastic example yet of data discrimination by a US
Internet service provider."<br><br><span class="gmail_quote"><br></span><br>
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