Comcast is not only fraudulently interfering with Internet traffic, they are attempting to subvert net neutrality.

The overall issue is this: Some Internet users employ software and technology which can suck up huge amounts of bandwidth, thereby slowing down the performance for other Internet users. To complicate the issue, Comcast is fraudulently forging messages between computers to cause some high bandwidth software to fail – improving the performance for some subscribers at the expense of others without increasing capacity – which is a violation of net neutrality. As more and more people use the Internet to exchange very large files such as high resolution music, videos, and movies it will only become a bigger issue as time passes.

Net neutrality prevents Internet service providers from charging extra to some customers to give their traffic preferential treatment – for example providing faster service to transactions on Amazon.com’s shopping cart than other shopping carts – thereby allowing wealthy corporations to stifle competition.

The traffic and speed issue as described above is really only an excuse to eliminate net neutrality through the back-door.

As Internet technology improves and the underlying network continues to become faster and more robust, the cost of heavy usage will continue to drop and will eventually no longer be an issue. This is why net neutrality is so important: improved technology at lower cost will encompass heavier loads on the Internet without selling preferential access to some content providers, but if selling preferential treatment becomes the standard practice ...   more »