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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   
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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• Re:The problem with having cable TV outfits... Re:The problem with having cable TV outfits... (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12 2018, @12:32PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12 2018, @12:32PM (#651307)

  That is exactly how it is in some parts of the world

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• Re:The problem with having cable TV outfits... (Score: 5, Insightful) by DavePolaschek on Monday March 12 2018, @02:15PM

  by DavePolaschek (6129) on Monday March 12 2018, @02:15PM (#651338) Homepage Journal

  Could be worse. It could be Phone Companies.

  https://nojitter.com/post/240168772/we-dont-care-we-dont-have-to-were-the-phone-company [nojitter.com]

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