My interview re.Comcast forging P2P BitTorrent reset packets

Clip of me being interviewed on the local news, which shows what happens when TV reporters try to do their jobs with the deadlines and resources they have: The accusation is NOT that Comcast is blocking "websites". It's that it's blocking the filesharing itself! Hence Comcast was able to claim not to be blocking "websites" without lying. Makes it sound like I may have just had a connection glitch; which was certainly not the case; I had stated during the interview that I had logged receiving forged reset packets sent by comcast. - clip needed for commentary and criticism.

RESPONSE TO DAHEICHEL (YouTube won't let me post a reply.):

No need for that. There's been progress:
The CEO and I have emailed back and forth.
Sent 10/23/08:
Hello again Brian

I was pleased to read
http://downloads.comcast.net/docs/Attachment_B_Future_Practices.pdf
It's a very sensible approach to address congestion issues. How's it compare, cost-wise, with the Sandvine solution?

Glad to see Comcast finally move toward a sensible (and what I would call network-neutral) approach as I suggested (coincidentally?) to you a year ago, and prep for the DOCSIS 3.0 rollout as well.
I was right so far; blocking p2p traffic is both a bad and unworkable idea, long term. I was quoted saying: "There's the wrong way of going about [network management] and the right way," and I'm glad to see Comcast switch from the former to the latter.

Sorry to see your spamhaus listings are as bad as ever.

Good luck with execution on these fronts.

-Matthew Elvey

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[MrWizardJr]

@doginthemafia: No, the piece is misleading.

It sort of looks like I'm using IE based on the way they cut in footage at 1:48 of another computer that is running IE, perhaps stock footage from the TV station or B-roll from comcast.

Proof: You can see I'm using a white MacBook, and the stock footage is of IE running under Windows on a computer that is obviously not a white MacBook.

[MrWizardJr]

I think I spoke too soon. Worst Company In America Trophy Mailed To Comcast "Golden Poo" - by the Consumerist

[sunshinematrix]

Don't even break a tear over this. You can block the RST packet with a linux firewall option. :D

[MrWizardJr]

"break a tear"? Gotta share this one with Dogbert! One can 'break a sweat' or 'shed a tear', but "break a tear"???

Anyway, you make a good point. However, I think Comcast finally stopped doing this after a while; no need to take the time to configure my WRT54G with a hackable linux and block the RST packets.

(to be continued)

[MrWizardJr]

(continuing)... Now Comcast is doing generic traffic shaping on the traffic of just the top 0.1% or so of bandwidth users. Which is what I urged the CEO to do long before this blew up, splattering egg on Comcast's face.

[DAHEICHEL]

buy buy net Neutrality let hope the black hat's do something about this

[MrWizardJr]

Can't fit reply. Edited video info instead.

[doginthemafia]

hes using internet explorer *face palm*