GOOD MORNING SARAH AND BLOGTOWN! THE BRITS ARE FEELING A BIT SHEEPISH ABOUT THAT WHOLE IRAQ INVASION THING, AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO REGAIN THE MORAL HIGH GROUND. SORRY, BLOKES AND BIRDS, LIKE YOUR OTHER "MOUNTAINS," THAT HIGH GROUND ISN'T VERY HIGH...

GOOD MORNING ALL.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M POSSIBLY RISING TO COMCAST'S DEFENSE, BUT GIVEN THE RIDICULOUS BANDWIDTH THAT NETFLIX CURRENTLY COMMANDS (WHICH IS ONLY LIKELY TO INCREASE QUICKLY IN THE SHORT TERM), IS IT UNFAIR FOR COMCAST TO ASK THEM TO PAY MORE FOR UPKEEP/EXPANSION OF COMCAST'S TUBEZ?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND NET NEUTRALITY. OR BANDWIDTH, EXACTLY. JUST THAT IT SEEMS FAIR TO ME THAT IF COMPANY X IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A TON OF TRAFFIC ON A STATE'S ROADS, IT'S FAIR TO ASSESS THEM EXTRA TAXES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM THEY ARE BENEFITING FROM, AND THIS DOESN'T SEEM MUCH DIFFERENT (EXCEPT THAT COMCAST'S CABLE OPERATION OBVIOUSLY IS TOTALLY THREATENED BY NETFLIX'S SUCCESS - THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT COMCAST BROADBAND OWNS SOME OF THE TUBEZ).

GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN.
TODD, YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN; ANYONE WHO'S WALKED THE STREETS OF OXFORD WILL FIND MYRIAD MONUMENTS (LIKE THE MARTYRS' MEMORIAL [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs'_Memo…]) TO PEOPLE WHO WERE EXECUTED BY THE STATE ...ERRR.... CROWN. THOSE SILLY BRITS SURE PICK FUNNY INSTANCES TO PUT THEIR FOOT DOWN.
SPEAKING OF PUTTING FEET DOWN, I NEARLY SLIPPED ON THE MAX TRACKS THIS MORNING--BE CAREFUL OUT THERE, PEEPS!

GOOD MORNING BLOGTOWN!

@CC, IMHO YOUR ARGUMENT IS VALID. HOWEVER COMAST IS ALREADY GETTING PAID TO DO EXACTLY THAT BY THOSE OF US THAT FORK OVER +$50/MONTH TO THEM!!! THIS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PEOPLE CHOOSING TO NOT HAVE CABLE TV AND STREAM CONTENT OFF SITES LIKE NETFLIX, HULU, YOUPORN, ETC., ETC., ETC.

GOOD MORNING!

NICE TO SEE ANSEL USING THE OLD "EVERYONE USED TO DO IT A FEW HUNDRED YEARS AGO SO IT MUST BE OK TODAY" ARGUMENT. IT'S NOT BEEN USED OFTEN ENOUGH RECENTLY. EXCEPT BY PEOPLE WHO THINK SLAVERY AND RELIGIOUS WAR ARE PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE, OF COURSE.

GOOD MORNING, SMIRK! GOOD MORNING, TODD! GOOD MORNING, CC! GOOD MORNING, ANSEL! GOOD MORNING, MCANGRYPANTS! GOOD MORNING, STU!

HOW IS EVEYRONE?!?

@CC: THIS ARGUMENT HAS 0.0% TO DO WITH NET NEUTRALITY AND 100% TO DO WITH CONTRACT DISPUTES BETWEEN TWO TITANS OF INDUSTRY. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF LEVEL 3 PULLING THE EXACT SAME BULLSHIT MOVE THAT COMCAST IS PULLLING NOW: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/06/le… THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING IN REGARDS TO TIER1 VS TIER2 ISP BACKBONE PROVIDERS AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT THEY AREN'T HAPPENING IN PLACES THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THEM CAN SEE THEM.

FURTHER READING:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_networ…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_2_networ…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering

Good morning, all! When I was in the Army we talked a lot about letting in the gayz. My answer was always: "Listen, if I'm going to WAR? If people are going to be SHOOTING at me? I want EVERYONE to come! Gay, straight, young, old - come on and grab a gun! Let's arm the babies and prop up the dead people."

@REYMONT: CAPSLOCK OR GTFO

@GRAHAM - BUT I WANTED TO PUT EMPHASIS ON PARTICULAR WORDS! I WANT MORE EDITORIAL CONTROL THAN CAPSLOCK ALLOWS!

GOOD MORNING BT!

@GRAHAM, COULD YOU TELL US HOW YOU REALLY FEEL ABOUT THIS COMCAST NEWS?

@C&B: I THINK COMCAST IS A DETESTABLE COMPANY THAT INFLICTS ALL MANNER OF ILLS UPON THE WORLD. A CONTRACT DISPUTE BETWEEN THEM AND A TIER1 ISP IN REGARDS TO PEERAGE RATES AND LOAD BALANCING IS NOT THE ISSUE THAT THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN TO TASK FOR.

Hey, Obama awarded George H.W. Bush the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Ha! Obama awarded a nobel peace prize? Double Ha!

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