FCC: Comcast violated Web access policy

An article that I just read from the AP ( http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/08/01/fcc.comcast.ap/index.html) has Comcast and other Internet Providers reeling. The FCC's ruling was that Comcast had indeed violated federal policy by blocking Internet file sharing over networks like bit torrent.

Comcast spokeswoman Sena Fitzmaurice said in a prepared statement that the company was "disappointed in the commission's divided conclusion because we believe that our network management choices were reasonable...."
-AP Article

Id have to take the FCC's side in this ruling, I think its mainly because I myself from time to time do user torrents for various items, and it is in the least very annoying to have your download cut-off midstream by some geek sitting in a comcast HQ center who decided that you were doing something naughty. I'm very pleased to see that the FCC has decided that ISP's cannot dictate what we can and what we cannot download/view on the Internet. The day they do, I will be extremely sad. This is definitely a step in the right direction.






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