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Verizon Won’t Block P2P

Posted by on Jun 17, 2010 | 2 Comments

There should be an image here!Seems like Verizon is taking an interesting stance on allowing its subscribers to use P2P networks. It is saying that, unlike Comcast, it’d never block them. Now, obviously, this doesn’t mean a green light to software, movie, and video game piracy — rather, that folks such as myself who use P2P options like BitTorrent can download legitimate things like Linux distros without fear of being cut off.

Now this is not to say that every ISP that says no to throttling and other interference, both private and government based, is worth applauding. I will say this, however: it beats the heck out of having everything metered to death.

I think that Comcast, like many cable companies, has a lot of nice people working in its offices. But its service is not something that I will be seeking out any time in the near future. This is not because I am being unfair — rather, the fact that my own needs are not being addressed by Comcast and companies like Comcast means that I am a very satisfied Verizon FiOS subscriber. You couldn’t pay me to use cable again.

[Photo above by takomabibelot / CC BY-ND 2.0]

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  • http://youtube.com/schooltechtv Lamarr Wilson

    I wish I could get FIOS. I’d drop cable like a bad habit. :)

    I have RCN though, which is a really good company. I wish I had higher upload (I have a 20/2 package which is HIGH, but since I upload to YT so regularly, I could use4-5 up).

    I’m actually very interested in this Xbox deal with ESPN and possibly Hulu, as well as Google TV. All of those offerings may help me to break off cable. Live sports was really the only thing holding me. I don’t watch live news; everything is RSS.

  • http://www.justenrobertson.com Justen

    I don’t mind being metered, but arbitrarily blocking access to certain services is a great way to lose me as a customer. Charge me for what it costs you to provide me service, don’t tell me what I can do with the service. It’s bad enough most ISPs block port 80 so you can’t run home web servers (this outrages me) but to block off major consumer services is retarded.