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IBEW launches union campaign at Comcast
Northwest Labor Press – March 21, 2008
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announced March 12 that it will try to unionize Comcast, a telecommunications giant that last year took in $25 billion in revenue. .more...
Comcast and IBEW
Gazette-Times – Matt Neznanski: Between The Lines
Got an e-mail today from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers about their efforts to unionize electrical workers at Comcast...more...
EFF: Comcast Continues to Block P-to-P
Electronic Frontier Foundation reports Comcast continues to slow down customers' connections to some P-to-P (peer-to-peer) applications.
PC World – November 30, 2007
Comcast continues to slow down customers' connections to some P-to-P (peer-to-peer) applications, using hacker-like techniques against its own subscribers, according to a report released by the Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF)… more…
Comcast Caught in a Free-Speech Firestorm
TVTechnology.com – November 26, 2007
An investigation by the Associated Press, confirmed by a second investigation by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in October found that Comcast has been sending out false TCP “reset packets” to either end of a file-sharing connection such as that employed by BitTorrent, Gnutella, or other P2P software…more…
Comcast to meet with town
SeacoastOnline – November 20, 2007
HAMPTON— Comcast doesn't want to rush into arbitration over its alleged breach of contract with the town…more...
Mounting Peer-to-Peer Pressure for Comcast
Comcast's traffic-filtering efforts are the subject of FCC complaints and a lawsuit. At issue: ISPs right to control the flow of data over their networks - BusinessWeek
Comcast is overstepping its bounds when it comes to controlling the flow of certain kinds of traffic over its high-speed Internet system…more…
Taking a Whack Against Comcast
Mona Shaw Reached Her Breaking Point,
Then for Her Hammer - Washington Post
Sometimes truly American virtues arise in outlaws who—by dint of heroic but questionable endeavors—display the mettle of the national character…more…
Comcast contract still bogged down
The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror
Comcast, the national cable television and internet service giant, has rebuffed nearly all of the town’s demands in the ongoing negotiations for a renewed television contract…more…
Comcast outage deals big blow to businesses
The Cape Cod Times
HYANNIS — At Sam Diego's restaurant last night, the lack of cable television service emptied the bar of New England Patriot fans, in what promised to be an epic showdown with the Indianapolis Colts..more…
Groups Seek Stop to Comcast Net Meddling
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) – A coalition of consumers groups and legal scholars on Thursday formally asked the Federal Communications Commission to stop Comcast Corp. from interfering with its subscribers’ file sharing…more…
Comcast adding costs, not choices
ChicagoSports.com
Comcast Cable included a message in its last bill informing subscribers that rates are going up…more...
Comcast Chided for Managing BitTorrent Network Traffic - Information Week
An AP investigation revealing the Company’s bandwidth management technology draws protests from net neutrality groups…more… |
