Comments on: Comcast Channels The Ghost Of Stalin http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/ Blog-Fu for Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park politics. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Dustin http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-40805 Dustin Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:52:26 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-40805 I have sworn a personal oath: if I ever become wealthy enough, I will create my own cable/dish company and offer a free year of service for everyone who can bring in two concurrent Comcast bills. BTW, love the blog Left-leaning Libertarian in Little Rock I have sworn a personal oath: if I ever become wealthy enough, I will create my own cable/dish company and offer a free year of service for everyone who can bring in two concurrent Comcast bills.

BTW, love the blog
Left-leaning Libertarian in Little Rock

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]]> By: Manassas Citizen http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39800 Manassas Citizen Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:35:16 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39800 I am hoping that all citizens who are concerned about this issue with Comcast will show up to the meeting on Monday at 7:30. We need to stand together and show the City and Comcast that we have a right to have our say as well. Let's fill that room and show them we mean business! I am hoping that all citizens who are concerned about this issue with Comcast will show up to the meeting on Monday at 7:30. We need to stand together and show the City and Comcast that we have a right to have our say as well. Let’s fill that room and show them we mean business!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39679 Anonymous Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:39:23 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39679 Comcast sued over Web interference By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer Thu Nov 15, 5:58 AM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. - A San Francisco Bay area subscriber to Comcast Corp.'s high-speed Internet service has sued the company, alleging it engages in unfair business practices by interfering with subscribers' file sharing. Subscriber Jon Hart based his claims on the results of an investigation by the Associated Press published last month that showed Philadelphia-based Comcast actively interferes with attempts some high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online. Hart's lead lawyer, Mark N. Todzo of San Francisco, said his client suspected before reading the AP report that Comcast was interfering with his Internet traffic. "What the AP report did was just confirm to him that it wasn't just him who was suffering from the problem," Todzo said. "There was this confluence of events where everyone seemed to reach the same conclusion, which was that Comcast was engaging in this activity." Other users claimed they had seen interference with some file-sharing applications. Subsequent tests by the Electronic Frontier Foundation confirmed the AP's tests, which showed that Comcast is causing software on both ends of a file-sharing link to believe the connection has been dropped. A coalition of consumer groups and legal scholars formally asked the Federal Communications Commission early this month to make Comcast stop interfering with file sharing. Two of the groups also asked the FCC to fine Comcast $195,000 for every affected subscriber. Comcast is the country's largest cable company and second-largest Internet service provider with 12.9 million Internet subscribers. The company denies it blocks file sharing. But it acknowledged after the AP report was published that it delays some of the traffic between computers that share files. Comcast said the delays are designed to improve the Internet experience for its subscribers as a whole. A relatively small number of file sharers is enough to slow down a network. Hart's lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court, alleges Comcast misleads customers by promising "mind-blowing" speeds and "unfettered access" to the Internet in advertisements while hindering the use of certain applications such as peer-to-peer file sharing. It seeks unspecified money damages. Todzo is seeking class action status for the lawsuit. Comcast and its subsidiaries "intentionally and severely impede the use of certain Internet applications by their customers, slowing such applications to a mere crawl or stopping them altogether," the lawsuit reads. "This class action seeks to end (Comcast's) practice and seeks recovery of fees paid by customers who paid for services they did not receive." A Comcast spokesman reached late Wednesday said the company hadn't been served with the lawsuit yet and could not comment. ___ On the Net: Comcast's position on the dispute: http://www.comcast.net/help/ Comcast sued over Web interference By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer
Thu Nov 15, 5:58 AM ET

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A San Francisco Bay area subscriber to Comcast Corp.’s high-speed Internet service has sued the company, alleging it engages in unfair business practices by interfering with subscribers’ file sharing.

Subscriber Jon Hart based his claims on the results of an investigation by the Associated Press published last month that showed Philadelphia-based Comcast actively interferes with attempts some high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online.

Hart’s lead lawyer, Mark N. Todzo of San Francisco, said his client suspected before reading the AP report that Comcast was interfering with his Internet traffic.

“What the AP report did was just confirm to him that it wasn’t just him who was suffering from the problem,” Todzo said. “There was this confluence of events where everyone seemed to reach the same conclusion, which was that Comcast was engaging in this activity.”

Other users claimed they had seen interference with some file-sharing applications. Subsequent tests by the Electronic Frontier Foundation confirmed the AP’s tests, which showed that Comcast is causing software on both ends of a file-sharing link to believe the connection has been dropped.

A coalition of consumer groups and legal scholars formally asked the Federal Communications Commission early this month to make Comcast stop interfering with file sharing. Two of the groups also asked the FCC to fine Comcast $195,000 for every affected subscriber.

Comcast is the country’s largest cable company and second-largest Internet service provider with 12.9 million Internet subscribers.

The company denies it blocks file sharing. But it acknowledged after the AP report was published that it delays some of the traffic between computers that share files.

Comcast said the delays are designed to improve the Internet experience for its subscribers as a whole. A relatively small number of file sharers is enough to slow down a network.

Hart’s lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court, alleges Comcast misleads customers by promising “mind-blowing” speeds and “unfettered access” to the Internet in advertisements while hindering the use of certain applications such as peer-to-peer file sharing. It seeks unspecified money damages.

Todzo is seeking class action status for the lawsuit.

Comcast and its subsidiaries “intentionally and severely impede the use of certain Internet applications by their customers, slowing such applications to a mere crawl or stopping them altogether,” the lawsuit reads. “This class action seeks to end (Comcast’s) practice and seeks recovery of fees paid by customers who paid for services they did not receive.”

A Comcast spokesman reached late Wednesday said the company hadn’t been served with the lawsuit yet and could not comment.

___

On the Net:

Comcast’s position on the dispute: http://www.comcast.net/help/

]]> By: Steve Randolph http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39562 Steve Randolph Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:09:20 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39562 If any Manassas City resident is currently having an unresolved issue with Comcast over easement issues (poorly installed equipment, inadequate landscaping,etc) please e-mail Larry Hughes, Manassas City Manager, with as many specifics as possible. He is slated to meet with Comcast officials this week. (lhughes@ci.manassas.va.us). Thank you. If any Manassas City resident is currently having an
unresolved issue with Comcast over easement issues
(poorly installed equipment, inadequate landscaping,etc)
please e-mail Larry Hughes, Manassas City Manager,
with as many specifics as possible. He is slated to
meet with Comcast officials this week.
(lhughes@ci.manassas.va.us). Thank you.

]]> By: Josh http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39498 Josh Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:36:27 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39498 I dont regret the day I switched from comcast to directv. My internet is slower now (DSL) but I'm much happier with the service and the channels, there's a ton of them! I dont regret the day I switched from comcast to directv. My internet is slower now (DSL) but I’m much happier with the service and the channels, there’s a ton of them!

]]> By: Citizen with the many units in the yard http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39470 Citizen with the many units in the yard Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:31:27 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39470 We use the BPL out of Manassas City, and have no problems. I think it has gone down only twice in all the time we have had it. I would recommend trying it out. We use the BPL out of Manassas City, and have no problems. I think it has gone down only twice in all the time we have had it. I would recommend trying it out.

]]> By: Bob Sentz http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39463 Bob Sentz Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:21:05 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39463 Not sure where, but there is a place in Manassas where you can actually see first hand how BPL works. The City manager should be able to hook you up with the necessary info. Not sure where, but there is a place in Manassas where you can actually see first hand how BPL works. The City manager should be able to hook you up with the necessary info.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39428 anonymous Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:07:39 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39428 " I remember living in Dale City back in the mid-90s and all of a sudden, we could no longer get the basic channels. I told my son’s babysitter about this and she said the same thing happened in her neighborhood (the street just down from Hillendale and Dale Blvd) and when she saw the ComCrap technician, he told her, “Get used to it - time to get Comcast…free TV is DEAD.” " TV antennas worked fine in the 90s. They still do, although you'll need an HDTV convertor in about a year. ” I remember living in Dale City back in the mid-90s and all of a sudden, we could no longer get the basic channels. I told my son’s babysitter about this and she said the same thing happened in her neighborhood (the street just down from Hillendale and Dale Blvd) and when she saw the ComCrap technician, he told her, “Get used to it - time to get Comcast…free TV is DEAD.” ”

TV antennas worked fine in the 90s. They still do, although you’ll need an HDTV convertor in about a year.

]]> By: Mark W. Weaver http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39380 Mark W. Weaver Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:47:32 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39380 Does anyone here have first-hand experience with the city's Com-Tek Internet system which brings an Internet connection through electrical lines? I am considering to try it, but am concerned it will not be as fast as my Comcast connection. Does anyone here have first-hand experience with the city’s Com-Tek Internet system which brings an Internet connection through electrical lines? I am considering to try it, but am concerned it will not be as fast as my Comcast connection.

]]> By: Parker http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39377 Parker Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:49:12 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39377 I hope that meeting IS 'most interesting'. If someone where to actually do those theatrics and video was gotten I bet it would be a story picked up nationally esp after the wonderful hammer story. I too have experienced the startling ineptness of comcast. I have quiet a few stories but let me just tell you this. Once at the comcast building in dale city, the one with the large antennas and satellite dishes behind it, I was told that they couldn't answer a technical question because that location was only a 'payment center'! I hope that meeting IS ‘most interesting’. If someone where to actually do those theatrics and video was gotten I bet it would be a story picked up nationally esp after the wonderful hammer story. I too have experienced the startling ineptness of comcast. I have quiet a few stories but let me just tell you this. Once at the comcast building in dale city, the one with the large antennas and satellite dishes behind it, I was told that they couldn’t answer a technical question because that location was only a ‘payment center’!

]]> By: John Light http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39348 John Light Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:32:16 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39348 Up here in Springfield I have Verizon FIOS. I am sooo glad that ComCrap is not here!!! I remember living in Dale City back in the mid-90s and all of a sudden, we could no longer get the basic channels. I told my son's babysitter about this and she said the same thing happened in her neighborhood (the street just down from Hillendale and Dale Blvd) and when she saw the ComCrap technician, he told her, "Get used to it - time to get Comcast...free TV is DEAD." Up here in Springfield I have Verizon FIOS. I am sooo glad that ComCrap is not here!!! I remember living in Dale City back in the mid-90s and all of a sudden, we could no longer get the basic channels. I told my son’s babysitter about this and she said the same thing happened in her neighborhood (the street just down from Hillendale and Dale Blvd) and when she saw the ComCrap technician, he told her, “Get used to it - time to get Comcast…free TV is DEAD.”

]]> By: dmg http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39318 dmg Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:04:11 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39318 Switched from Dish Network to Comcast because of the high speed internet which I can't get with Dish Network. I have hated it since day one. They have screwed up EVERY single thing they have ever done. Dish Network had the best customer service versus having my boxes changed twice, 2 outages because the people can't turn anything on or off...and this is in one year. Fois comes and I'm off Comcast and back on Dish. Switched from Dish Network to Comcast because of the high speed internet which I can’t get with Dish Network.
I have hated it since day one.
They have screwed up EVERY single thing they have ever done. Dish Network had the best customer service versus having my boxes changed twice, 2 outages because the people can’t turn anything on or off…and this is in one year. Fois comes and I’m off Comcast and back on Dish.

]]> By: redawn http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39305 redawn Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:52:40 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39305 Anon, Do you mean Jack? ;) Anon,

Do you mean Jack? ;)

]]> By: anon http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39302 anon Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:41:03 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39302 Could the homeowner possibly contact the Bristow hammer granny to dispose of the problem? Could the homeowner possibly contact the Bristow hammer granny to dispose of the problem?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39300 Anonymous Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:27:09 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39300 I have one word for Comcast. DirecTV. I have one word for Comcast.

DirecTV.

]]> By: Batson D. Belfrey http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39293 Batson D. Belfrey Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:45:21 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39293 Time to get the hammer (less sickle). Experience has shown that Comcxast will respect the Hammer. I could go into my Comacast travails, but Greg has limited dsic space. Suffice it to say, the only thing I get from them is internet, because that's what my comapny mandates. Everything else is Dish network, vonage and verizon. Time to get the hammer (less sickle). Experience has shown that Comcxast will respect the Hammer. I could go into my Comacast travails, but Greg has limited dsic space. Suffice it to say, the only thing I get from them is internet, because that’s what my comapny mandates. Everything else is Dish network, vonage and verizon.

]]> By: DennisD http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39287 DennisD Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:23:34 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/11/13/comcast-channels-the-ghost-of-stalin/#comment-39287 I suggest that the homeowner (or any other victim) submit a FOIA request for the franchise contract between COMCAST and the City of Manassas. A quick read of the document should provide a clear definition of what COMCAST is required to do, the allowable time frame and the parameters of their customer service. If COMCAST has violated the terms of the agreement, they stand to lose the franchise. If you find a violation, I suggest you contact the City Attorney and file a formal complaint. Enough complaints and something will be done. BTW be sure to CC the Virginia State Corporation Commission with the complaint. They keep track of such complaints and will take action. Verizon is currently on the block in Richmond. I suggest that the homeowner (or any other victim) submit a FOIA request for the franchise contract between COMCAST and the City of Manassas. A quick read of the document should provide a clear definition of what COMCAST is required to do, the allowable time frame and the parameters of their customer service. If COMCAST has violated the terms of the agreement, they stand to lose the franchise.

If you find a violation, I suggest you contact the City Attorney and file a formal complaint. Enough complaints and something will be done.

BTW be sure to CC the Virginia State Corporation Commission with the complaint. They keep track of such complaints and will take action. Verizon is currently on the block in Richmond.

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