Finally some good news in this department. I saw this yesterday! Love it. Finally the FCC has some backbone dealing with some of these large telecoms.
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FCC: Have a Comcastic Day!
Posted at 9:28
PM PT on July 12, 2008
To Comcast (CMCSA), throttling or degrading the performance of file-sharing services is
a necessary traffic-management technique. To the Federal Communications Commission it’s a violation of the agency’s network-neutrality principles. “The commission has adopted a set of principles that protects consumers’ access to the Internet,”
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Friday. “We found that Comcast’s actions in this instance violated our principles.”
And so the FCC intends to punish the cable giant for its misstep. But rather than fine the company,
the Commission would force Comcast to stop interfering with Internet traffic on its network. “We would tell Comcast that they have to stop engaging in that practice,” Martin said. “They have to disclose to the commission where they are engaging in that practice.”
The proposal to sanction Comcast is will be
put to a vote on August 1. And if it’s approved it could set a precedent that will inspire other ISPs to rethink their “traffic management” practices.