http://tlf.disqus.com/The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.enWed, 21 Oct 2009 12:40:06 -0000https://techliberation.com/2009/10/20/internet-companies-bogus-plea-for-regulation/#comment-20709473<p>"Large, established companies are not known for being ahead of trends, for one thing, and the anti-authoritarian culture of the Internet is the perfect place to play “beleagured upstart” against the giant, evil ISP. There could be no greater PR gift than for a small service to have access to it degraded by an ISP."</p><p>Vuze was never a victim in any shape way or form from TCP resets because Vuze has their own BitTorrent seeds (what Vuze refers to as "pre-seeding"), and BitTorrent downloads were never affected. Just like nobody actually tries to distribute copies of the bible over BitTorrent because it works 20 times faster and easier using the free web hosting space Comcast already gives you. The FCC filing was merely a manufactured legal case and PR ploy and it worked.</p><p>The outcome of that case was to force Comcast to fairly throttle users based on heavy usage which ironically DOES slow down Vuze content distribution whereas the old TCP reset system did not. But Vuze values the PR more than they view their ability to service their users.</p>georgeouWed, 21 Oct 2009 12:40:06 -0000https://techliberation.com/2009/10/20/internet-companies-bogus-plea-for-regulation/#comment-20639201<p>well said! dead on. </p>scottclelandTue, 20 Oct 2009 13:54:55 -0000https://techliberation.com/2009/10/20/internet-companies-bogus-plea-for-regulation/#comment-20631998<p>Agreed. The Net Neuts appear to be pushing so-called "fin-syn" like regulations onto largely unregulated ISP facilities and infrastructure. This overly-prohylactic approach will stifle innovation and roll-out of needed transport.</p><p> </p>mwendyTue, 20 Oct 2009 11:45:04 -0000