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Comcast Blocking Lotus Notes

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2007 11:03 PM CDT

(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... Read full story »

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