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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: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12 2018, @07:03PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 12 2018, @07:03PM (#651477)

    net neutrality is the only thing giving title 2 regulations to isps. it doesn't quite classify them as title 2 carriers, but no title 2 protections are provided by any other regulation

    so you're technically right, but what you're saying is dead wrong. congrats.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 13 2018, @12:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 13 2018, @12:28AM (#651595)

    net neutrality is the only thing giving title 2 regulations to isps. it doesn't quite classify them as title 2 carriers, but no title 2 protections are provided by any other regulation

    so you're technically right, but what you're saying is dead wrong. congrats.

    BZZZT! Wrong!

    Please actually have just a basic understanding of what you're talking about [wikipedia.org] before blathering on with a steaming pile like you've done here.

    Thank you. Peace out, Troop!