{"id":4892,"date":"2008-09-05T04:40:28","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T11:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/kevin-martin-threatens-comcast\/"},"modified":"2008-09-05T04:40:28","modified_gmt":"2008-09-05T11:40:28","slug":"kevin-martin-threatens-comcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/05\/kevin-martin-threatens-comcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Martin threatens Comcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tKevin Martin is upset that Comcast has challenged his authority by filing a lawsuit against the FCC for making up law out of thin air. The Chairman of the FCC expressed his scorn by releasing a statement that makes him sound like one of the dumbest men in America:<\/a><\/p>\n

“Given Comcast’s past failure to disclose its network management practices to its customers, it is important Comcast respond to the many still-unanswered questions about its new management techniques,” Martin warned in a statement released this afternoon. Most notably, what exactly does Comcast mean when it says it will have a “protocol agnostic” management system in place by the end of the year?<\/p>\n

And as for the bandwidth limits that Comcast has now announced: “How will consumers know if they are close to a limit?” Martin asked. “If a consumer exceeds a limit, is his traffic slowed? Is it terminated? Is his service turned off?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let’s see if we can help the Chairman:<\/p>\n

1. The “end of the year” is December 31, at midnight. In urban areas, people will make noise and drink a lot. It would be good for Kevin Martin to be among them.<\/p>\n

2. Comcast has said they’ll write a *very mean letter* to customers over the 250 GB limit and among the top 1% in bandwidth consumption. It was in the papers, but not on the funny page.<\/p>\n

3. I won’t define “protocol agnostic” as that subject was covered, at length, the order the FCC’s lawyers wrote in the Comcast matter. Martin should have one of them explain it to him. <\/p>\n

Where did Bush find this person?\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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