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Comcast Blocking Lotus Notes

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2007 11:03 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Cable and Internet service giant Comcast is disrupting more than just BitTorrent traffic, reports Ars Technica. Tests by the Electronic Frontier Foundation show that Comcast customers using a growing list of apps may find their Net access slowed or denied. A Lotus Notes engineer, for example, discovered Notes emails sent with large attachments being dropped.

The drops include messages like, "Remote system no longer responding;" experts say Comcast is doing all of this without customer knowledge. Comcast says it's just trying to balance traffic for everyone, but refuses to describe how. Lobby group Public Knowledge sees the news as another reason for Congress to step in and enforce content neutrality. "We have a problem," says its president, "and it's time to act on it."

Comcast's name hangs in the lobby of its state headquarters in this Nov. 3, 2005 file photo, in Sandy, Utah. Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable TV operator, reported a 28 percent increase in second-quarter profit Thursday, July 26, 2007 as it saw a surge in subscribers for digital TV...
Comcast's name hangs in the lobby of its state headquarters in this Nov. 3, 2005 file photo, in Sandy, Utah. Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable TV operator, reported a 28 percent increase in second-quarter...   (Associated Press)
A technician for Comcast Corp. heads out on a job in this Feb. 2, 2006 file photo in Salt Lake City. Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable television operator, on Thursday, April 26, 2007 reported that first-quarter profits surged by 80 percent, in part helped by a one-time gain resulting...
A technician for Comcast Corp. heads out on a job in this Feb. 2, 2006 file photo in Salt Lake City. Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable television operator, on Thursday, April 26, 2007 reported...   (Associated Press)
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