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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Can nobody call customer service when they have a problem? Will Comcast lie when people ask why they can't get Skype? What will Skype customer service say?
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With packet skewing, who would know it was happening? Skype? No. They could only suspect. Is the consumer denied Skype service? Obviously not. My posts never one even suggested it. The IEEE Spectrum article did not even suggest that. The consumer could get Skype. And with packet skewing, then Skype service would be lower quality. With intermittent application of packet skewing, then Skype would only appear to be a cheap and inferior verson of VoIP. And again, even UT could not tell if Comcast was or was not using packet skewing software. For all we know, Comcast is using the packet skewing software they have purchased. Why would they not be using it? No reason to not use it. It's legal.
Bottom line point: 'packet skewing' to selectively undermine quality of Skype VoIP service is legal. FCC said it is legal for both cable and phone (DSL and fiber) companies to 'packet skew' competitor's packets.