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When Slow Downloads Hit an App Developer, Only Comcast Customers Suffered

posted by cmn32480 on Monday March 12 2018, @07:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the tubes-are-blocked dept.

Fnord666 writes:

App developer Panic Inc. knew it had a network problem when customers began complaining about trouble downloading and updating Panic apps.

"Geez, your downloads are really slow!" was the common complaint that started coming in a few months ago, Panic co-founder Cabel Sasser explained in a blog post titled, "The Mystery of the Slow Downloads."

But once the mystery cleared up, it all made sense. Panic and its users were the innocent victims of a longstanding network interconnection battle between cable ISP Comcast and Cogent, which operates a global network that carries traffic across the Internet.

The situation will only get worse once the Net Neutrality appeal process is complete.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by LoRdTAW on Monday March 12 2018, @11:54AM (1 child)

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday March 12 2018, @11:54AM (#651298) Journal

    A big degree?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12 2018, @12:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12 2018, @12:18PM (#651305)

    Cast it to null.