<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8b722287-69c5-488a-9445-09d6d9edf764/CBCC8E17-7E17-4B7E-BD23-632B30EA0228/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://mashable.com/2007/10/19/comcast-corporation-not-net-neutral/" href="http://mashable.com/2007/10/19/comcast-corporation-not-net-neutral/" style="font-size: 11px;">mashable.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mashable.com/2007/10/19/comcast-corporation-not-net-neutral/"><P>The Associated Press conducted nationwide tests of <A href="http://comcast.com">Comcast</A>’s data networks, and confirmed that the organization actively interferes with its high-speed Internet subscribers file-sharing attempts.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mashable.com/2007/10/19/comcast-corporation-not-net-neutral/"><P>If the same practices were applied by other broadband providers, <A href="http://www.bittorrent.com/">BitTorrent</A> and other file sharing software would be disabled. A spokesperson from the number two broadband provider denied AP’s findings, saying “Comcast does not block access to any applications, including BitTorrent.” Analysts theorize that Comcast’s interference is simply a way of keeping the growth of network usage under control, and keeping file-sharing traffic from swallowing too much bandwidth.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mashable.com/2007/10/19/comcast-corporation-not-net-neutral/"><P>Allegations have been floating around regarding major North American broadband operators using packet shaping to restrict the free flow of certain data on their network, but this is one of the first confirmations of non-net neutrality in a major United States broadband provider.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mashable.com/2007/10/19/comcast-corporation-not-net-neutral/"><H2 class="entry-title"><A rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Comcast Not Net Neutral" href="http://mashable.com/2007/10/19/comcast-corporation-not-net-neutral/">Comcast Not Net Neutral</A></H2></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CBCC8E17-7E17-4B7E-BD23-632B30EA0228/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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