quote:The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he will recommend that the nation's largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet. ADVERTISEMENT
The potentially precedent-setting move stems from a complaint against Comcast Corp. that the company had blocked Internet traffic among users of a certain type of "file sharing" software that allows them to exchange large amounts of data.
"The commission has adopted a set of principles that protects consumers access to the Internet," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told The Associated Press late Thursday. "We found that Comcast's actions in this instance violated our principles."
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Good for the FCC.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
For once, I wish we had this kind of ruling in Canada. We have are our own separate fight on net neutrality and it seems like the ISPs are winning.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Bravo FCC! I hope this precedent continues.
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
Wow. When I clicked on the thread title I was so expecting this to be bad news.