I work at the Comcast office where the 'leak' came from, and I've seen no such interrogations or questioning... and although management is well aware of the leak that was posted I'm sure, stuff like "Memos regarding the dire consequences of providing internal information to the press are being distributed." is just blatently untrue. Most people who work here don't even know or care, and those of us that do are just curious who the person is for the sake of curiosity. :-P

I passed (CEO) Brian Roberts and shot him the look of death (taught to me by none other than my mother) when I was walking to work the other day. Needless to say, I'm sure he felt his nice fat wallet in his back pocket, which put a big smile on his face and kept on walking... All-in-all I felt like I gave him a piece of my mind - since there's no way I can give them a real piece of my mind by switching to another ISP becuase they are the ONLY game in town. :(

I do love the idea of a company that can't get a truck to my house on time trying to conduct a complicated internal witch hunt.

It sounds like a classic case of "The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves!"

Anyway, I just voted. I canceled Comcast and went with DSL. I don't really need cable TV. I don't watch it. But I sure did like telling them why I was canceling. The guy tried to pull more information from me, but the moment I said 'Sandvine' he shut up and said that he'd cancel the account immediately.

Heh.

I just canceled Comcast's triple play and started service with a different company.

I told them that I was canceling because of this.

@Starfury: We've lost AMC, Oxygen, WE, SOAP, LMN, and ESPN Classic since Comcast took over our market. I'm not sure if there's some sort of "lady package" where one can get Oxygen et al, but it certainly doesn't change the fact that they didn't lower the price in relation to the reduced content...

Comcast must not realize that doing this makes them look bad--like someone said, you don't go after whistle blowers.

Comcast knows snitches end up in ditches.

I just love reading Comcast articles. It's so entertaining to watch them scramble. I can't wait to read about what they do next! (I am obviously not a customer and would rather use rabbit ears than pay them any of my money)

I'm guessing that they're going after Deep Throat on the basis that he/she released a 'confidential' memo which is gonna have a negative influence on their stock price. Obviously, IANAL - I hope the Whistleblower act prevails.

@JustAGuy2:

Yeah, you're right, I was getting the terms confused. If Comcast was common carrier, they'd not be allowed to filter spam emails.

@Starfury: Personally, I would never go with Dish. A few years ago I got unsolicited faxes for Disk Network all the time. I think the only reason that stopped is because the Texas AG stomped American Blast FAX. Bad thing aboout sat services, when you get a severe thunderstorm, rain-fade kills your signal. That's not a time when I want to be without some timely news (and see the radar image), so you have to keep a radio or something.

@Jaysyn:

If they were a common carrier, then that status could be revoked. Since they're not, it can't be. This could only be a danger to their "safe harbor" status (i.e. can't be prosecuted because a user sent kiddie porn over their network) if they were to block content by type (i.e. restricting porn torrents but allowing bible torrents).

Well, at least Comcast is clearing having a Comcastic day!

However, it doesn't protect them from "excessive tardiness."

@bravo369: I thought I heard that there already was a lawsuit against them by EFF and some other organizations. Maybe that was just a rumor though.

I personally find it hilarious because I see it happen so often. As soon as I'm done with my former job (they still owe me money) I think they'll be surprised at all the things I'm now willing to say about them because my paycheck no longer hangs in the balance.

(Both honest questions :) )

Little does Comcast know Consumerist's mole is none other than (dun-dun-dun!) CEO Brian Roberts!
/end speculation

Wow, This is one place where a union would come in handy.

Only problem I have with comcast is thier fee for moving a cable modem from one outlet to another ($50 for 10 minutes worth of work?) and the fact they raise prices every year and lie about how it's for hiring more tards or some other lame excuse.

Thanks for reminding me I need to call Dish so I can dump comcast.

@bravo369:

They could actually have their "Common Carrier" status revoked because of this, i.e. the damage may already be done. If that happens they are then responsable for *anything* hosted on their servers or that goes thru their network.

What is their problem? Does admitting they blocked bittorrent open them up to a lawsuit? If not, customers will have a lot more respect for them if they just come out and say "Yes we blocked bittorrent. We made a mistake. We're sorry. We won't ever do it again." Saying that will also just end this story and we can all move on.

Comcast sucks.