Comcast Impersonates China and Gnutella, Too

Some of the uproar last week was regarding Comcast's blocking of BitTorrent traffic, a move that, by itself raised concerns about the power over content and packets the cable company was usurping. Over the weekend it came to light that Comcast not only blocked BitTorrent, but also Gnutella and Lotus Notes.

Back in September,
The EFF has confirmed that is what Comcast was doing, and adds, thanks to
Luckily for not-interfered-with Internet fans (which is most of us, right?) the Electronic Frontier Foundation is on the case. Russell Shaw at ZDNet sounds the Net Neutrality alarms this time:

Free markets can be fine, but only if everyone behaves. But sometimes companies don’t behave, and their competitors who you might wish to run to if you get too ticked won’t behave either. Sometimes there isn’t a competitor you can jump to.

I’ll say it again. Government regulation- as in Net Neutrality- is the only surefire brake against tech monopolists doing whatever they want with your packets and your money.