Comments on: Comcast’s Crossed Wires

By: Erv Server

Erv Server — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:59:54 +0000

I always buy my modems/routers outright and if I upgrade I keep them, thank the lord I don’t use Comcast…obviously the Com in Comcast stands for communist in my opinion. Lawsuit time

By: Allanon

Allanon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:38:32 +0000

Didn’t know it was a crime or even possible to copyright a torrent file since it only contains the information needed to download the files and does not contain the actual files. Comcast and the RIAA probably have no evidence that that torrent file was actually used to download illegal content.

By: TiVo Steve

TiVo Steve — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:28:58 +0000

Wait a minute Dave, you mean that Comcastic knows I’m visiting ZNF?
Oh, oh….

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:22:50 +0000

Evil. But expect it to get worse before it gets better.

Net Neutrality will rise from the dead ( killed by Comcast and AT&T lobbyists ) sometime in 2010 and bring Federally mandated transparency. Would have been sooner but the economy is getting a high priority by the new administration.

So all you evil doers at Comcast, collusionists at the FCC, RIAA and MPAA scum bags types, get this kind of non sense out of your systems now before Net Neutrality just ruins your life.

http://www.savetheinternet.com

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:53:39 +0000

Jim, If you entirely canceled Internet service with Comcast, I would think you have a pretty solid defense should they screw up like this. It’s unfortunate we even have to worry about it, though.

Ivan, Excellent point and a good reminder. Unfortunately, those most likely to be targeted/piggybacked/victimized are folks who don’t even realize these issues exist. I’m on WPA2 and I made sure my mom is. Maybe Melissa’s mom too, can’t recall. But I see plenty of open routers around here.

Usenet is old school. Man, I remember assembling multiple files into something usable in college back in the early 90s.

By: Ivan Y

Ivan Y — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:28:30 +0000

This is also why you should be careful about wireless security.

P.S. Usenet > BT

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:20:16 +0000

Sounds like a good racket to me. They rent you the modem 10 years at $3 a month and then charge you way more then the replacement cost if you don’t send it to them. Considering that you’ve paid $360 in rental charges already, you’d think they’d just let you keep it.

By: JimK

JimK — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:12:58 +0000

Well now I have an interesting dilemma. I just canceled my Comcast cable modem service. They want the 10 year old 3Com Sharkfin modem back or I have to pay an 80 dollar fee. Okay…but maybe I should eat the fee and destroy the modem? If they redeploy it – why would you considering the age and so forth, but if they do – then I might get nailed for piracy at some point. Sure I can prove it wasn’t me, yadda yadda, but the time and possible expense might not be worth it. 80 bucks is significant, but maybe it’s worth it for peace of mind? Opinions? Should I return or destroy this giant wedge-shaped device?