arstechnica.com — Comcast says the FCC has no jurisdiction over its traffic-shaping practices. Is the company engaging in legal saber rattling, or would it really sue the FCC if the agency moved to protect broadband consumers?
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tenoqMar 20, 2008
Utility competition is not practical. You need more regulation. After all, you can't really have 5 different water companies connecting pipes to your door so you can pick and choose which one you want. :p
terr01Mar 20, 2008
Depends on the pricing model. An irrelevant distinction anyway, which is why I said *business* reasons. (i.e. not legitimate technical ones.)If they overbook their bandwidth and can't supply what's advertised (fine print notwithstanding), then that's a fundamentally different complaint against them than issues of net neutrality and filtering.
bonarezMar 20, 2008
"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, directly responsible to Congress. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC's jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions."If they don't have the authority yet, they should be given it
familynightMar 21, 2008
actually, i think that it's a failure of both the market and the government. it's just easier to blame the government because they're the ones who have tinkered with the market, which is not to say that i don't wholeheartedly support well-managed regulation. unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about here.
ebarrasMar 28, 2008
FAIL.
angelbunnyApr 8, 2008
nope. you'd think that but it isn't true. having an unauthorized mac just disables comcast's DNS services so I use 4.2.2.2 or another DNS server.