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TheSandvine

Background

Comcast illegally performed man-in-the-middle attacks with P2P protocols in order to throttle their use in mid-2008. The technology that Comcast used for these acts is provided by Sandvine.

Original Source

http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=599087&cid=23996987
by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 30, @01:53AM (#23996987)

The original song lyrics are from "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," by Marvin Gaye.

Lyrics

I'll bet you're wondering how I knew,
Why my packets never made it through,
With some other peer I was sharin' files,
Between the two of us Comcast was runnin' wild,
Reset me by surprise (reset by surprise), I'm afraid,
From the R-I-Double-A,
Don'tcha know,

I know a geek ain't supposed to cry,
But these fears I can't hold inside,
Losin' the 'net and it's neutrality,
Yeah, it means that much to me,
You coulda told me (you coulda told) yourself,
That you're forgin' packets for someone else,

Instead I heard it through the sandvine...
Not much bandwidth's gonna be mine.
Oh, I heard it through the sandvine...
Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind,
Honey, honey, yeah...

People say "Believe half of what you see,
Son, and none of what you hear",
But my router's mighty confused,
So if it's true, please tell me dear,
Do you want (do you want) to make me go,
Back to the ISP (and USENET feed) I used before,
Or should I drop packets from your sandvine...
Plenty bandwidth's gonna be mine.
Oh, I don't listen to your sandvine...
MPAA's 'bout to lose its mind,
Honey, honey, yeah...

- Original work, composed under the influence of Slashdot and beer. Lyrics in public domain. Someone with vocal talent, feel free to improve, record, and youtube it as a parody under the fair use exemptions.