Comcast altering packets of other VoIP carriers

Posts: 50 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jan 13, 2008 Posts: 50

Heard some rumors that Comcast is deliberately shaping network traffic that directly affects Vonage and other Voip carriers. Seems Comcast is trying to negativley affect other Voip carriers in hopes they sign up for Comcast's Voip service. Below is an except from an article in which they speak about this. I will also post the link to the article below as well.

It also appears that Comcast's shaping tactics haven't been limited to file sharing of either the consumer or work variety. Scores of our readers wrote in to complain that Comcast has been blocking their Voip services. Let's take a look at some of their feedback.

Here is ET on Comcast's shaping of Vonage's Voip traffic:

CBB is 100% correct. Comcast has been screwing around with Vonage for YEARS, and it has only gotten worse as they have expanded their offering in the Voip arena. This should come as no surprise. THIS is what makes 'net neutrality' matter. It needs to be illegal. The concept that an ISP is somehow responsible for the traffic on its network is pure legal BS. The people engaging in child porn, or the people distributing copyrighted material illegally, are the ones that should be held accountable. ANY discussion centered on making the ISPs police the network will result in competitive censorship.

Needless to say, some of our readers are getting fed up:

I had to get rid of my Voip and use Comcast's because the QOS stinks, now this. I would dump Comcast in a heartbeat if I had somewhere else to go.

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/10/comcast_is_bloc.html

Alan

Posts: 38 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Jan 24, 2009 Posts: 38

I guess you have no need to fax either - My Vonage service has went to the pits tha past two months and my fax errors out also.