A number of consumer groups are petitioning the FCC to fine Comcast $195,000 for every customer affected by their BitTorrent-throttling practices.
In a lengthy FCC filing, Comcast offers its fullest explanation yet of how it “delays” certain P2P traffic. If you thought that your 6Mbps connection entitled you to actually use 6Mbps of bandwidth all the time, Comcast begs to differ.
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According to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, a group of consumer advocates and legal scholars have asked the commission to look into Comcast discriminating against specific types of data (read: Bit Torrent). The groups have also requested the FCC to fine Comcast $195,000 per affected subscribers.
Less than two weeks after a complaint was filed with the FCC, Comcast now faces a class-action lawsuit over its practice of blocking BitTorrent and other P2P traffic.
One of the most vocal anti-network neutrality lobby groups has written to the FCC… in support of an investigation of Comcast. Pressure is building on the FCC to act, and opponents of net neutrality would rather have an industry-friendly FCC investigating the issue than a new law.
Users participating in the FCC’s public comment period on Comcast’s alleged P2P blocking have harsh words for the cable giant, and accuse it of blocking more than just P2P. They wonder, why is it so hard to tell the truth?
The FCC has officially launched a rule-making proceeding to determine if Comcast has violated its principles on “reasonable network management” with its “delaying” of P2P traffic.
The RIAA, Big Cable and the telcos are lining up back Comcast and oppose FCC “neutrality” oversight over network management, but Sony, Vonage, and other want the FCC to make sure the playing field stays fair
Today is an important day for network neutrality, as the FCC
’s Broadband Network management hearing has been discussing Comcast’s attempt to slow down BitTorrent traffic. One of the panelists said Comcast uses “hacker techniques” to manage their network.
After suffering humiliation at the hands of a hacker in 2007, the future of anti-piracy company MediaDefender is in serious doubt. Its parent company, ARTISTdirect, has called in a team of specialists to “assist in the exploration of strategic alternatives.” That’ll be alternatives to liquidation, then.
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