Now I havent seen good new like this in ages . ~Peilo

P4P is a new peer-to-peer file transfer protocol tested by Verizon that uses network topology information from service providers to boost performance. Verizon thinks that increasing the efficiency of P2P, rather than throttling it, is a more effective way to ease congestion and reduce network costs.

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Comcast has changed its ToS to mirror the FCC’s Internet Policy Statement. The newly-revised ToS spells out what its users figured out several months ago: that the cable ISP actively manages traffic on its network.

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Friends and foes of ‘Net neutrality faced off at Harvard Law School today. The star of the show was Comcast EVP David L. Cohen, with FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin, Columbia Law School professor Timothy Wu, and others playing supporting roles. We’ve got audio of the debate between Cohen, Wu, and the general counsel of Free Press inside.

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In a lengthy FCC filing, Comcast offers its fullest explanation yet of how it “delays” certain P2P traffic. If you thought that your 6Mbps connection entitled you to actually use 6Mbps of bandwidth all the time, Comcast begs to differ.

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According to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, a group of consumer advocates and legal scholars have asked the commission to look into Comcast discriminating against specific types of data (read: Bit Torrent). The groups have also requested the FCC to fine Comcast $195,000 per affected subscribers.

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One of the most vocal anti-network neutrality lobby groups has written to the FCC… in support of an investigation of Comcast. Pressure is building on the FCC to act, and opponents of net neutrality would rather have an industry-friendly FCC investigating the issue than a new law.

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Users participating in the FCC’s public comment period on Comcast’s alleged P2P blocking have harsh words for the cable giant, and accuse it of blocking more than just P2P. They wonder, why is it so hard to tell the truth?

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The FCC has officially launched a rule-making proceeding to determine if Comcast has violated its principles on “reasonable network management” with its “delaying” of P2P traffic.

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               Slyck News – Myths and Facts of OiNK’s Takedown

The dismantling of OiNK generated an enormous amount of coverage for the file-sharing community. The private BitTorrent website was one of the largest private websites online with over 180,000 members. Currently, the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) has claimed responsibility for the take down of the website and the administrator was arrested at his flat (as the BBC report clearly showed). While there is no shortage of information that is currently going around, it seems that incorrect information has been introduced into the mix. Slyck has taken the time to separate the myths from the facts in the hopes to provide some clarity into the event that gripped the private BitTorrent file-sharing community.

We begin our journey with actual correct information. On October 23, 2007, OiNK, a private BitTorrent website was taken down by British and Dutch police in a raid. The Dutch police confiscated the servers, while the British took the administrator into custody. The IFPI did issue a press release applauding the move.

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