FCC chief grills Comcast on BitTorrent blocking

[sWiFT]

Update at 3:10 p.m. PST: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Federal Communications Commission chief Kevin Martin on Monday targeted Comcast's contention that delaying peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic serves user interests, appearing to sympathize with the cable company's critics.

Through pointed questioning at a public hearing at Harvard Law School here, Martin, a Republican, seemed to be pushing a two-pronged agenda: Internet service providers like Comcast should be as transparent as possible about manipulating network traffic, and consumers should have the freedom to, in effect, get what they pay for.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9878330-7.html?tag=nefd.pulse

[aka_katz]

Didnt someone sue Comcast about that ?

[Ti-Fan]

i just read that a provider in Greece started using speed filters regarding the BitTorrent protocol...

[Cuda]

Now they're hiring standins at the FCC hearings to occupy seats that may be filled with anti CC people!

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Did-Comcast-Hire-Public-Standins-For-Neutrality-Hearing-92178


I hope they get their asses spanked..and good! :evil:

[aka_katz]

seems very bad i think in a year or 2 people will suffer all over the world

[FrankLucasFan]

Read about that last week, wish I could've gone.

[Cuda]

Looks like the 'seat warmer' tactic has been made clear to the FCC panel. Slyck hammered out a good read on it..

http://www.slyck.com/story1670_Comcast_Defends_Washington_Common_Practi ce