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Hammer drops at last: FCC opposes Comcast P2P throttling

arstechnica.com — The Comcast P2P saga has come to its final chapter as a majority of FCC commissioners today voted to sanction the company. The FCC's Internet Policy Statement now sports some unexpectedly sharp teeth.

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  • Kisama, on 07/26/2008, -3/+96Stop! Hammertime!
  • Shogi, on 07/26/2008, -4/+68EAT *****, COCKMAST.
  • krystalo, on 07/26/2008, -3/+48Gotta love the FCC at times like this.
  • noahgelman, on 07/26/2008, -0/+42GO FCC

    wait, what?
  • dace86, on 07/26/2008, -1/+40FINISH HIM!
  • inactive, on 07/26/2008, -7/+32Now to get that Dark Knight leak.
  • djlaunchpad, on 07/26/2008, -0/+23It's about damn time!!
    I'm not a comcast subscriber, but hopefully this will stop this type of BS from hitting the other ISPs.
  • Chronoped, on 07/26/2008, -0/+16That word just made my night. Thank you.
  • loganrapp, on 07/26/2008, -1/+16Right, because that power should stay with Comcast and all the other telcos.

    I'm sorry, but when a *Republican-controlled* FCC tells a telco, "whoa, that's far enough," that's when you know they seriously needed to get a smack down.
  • chudgoo, on 07/26/2008, -0/+14It looks like someone's bribe check didn't clear...
  • bnajbert, on 07/26/2008, -0/+13Holy ****, does this mean that I'm going to get what they promised when they sold me the service? I would really like to see a class action law suit on their ass about false advertising.
  • Bobski, on 07/26/2008, -2/+15Can't touch this!
  • megaton, on 07/26/2008, -2/+15They're 2 legit 2 quit.
  • ripple123, on 07/26/2008, -0/+12Oh. Thats a good one. I gotta remember that one.
  • subcomandante, on 07/26/2008, -1/+12The FCC did something right for once? Wow, I'm impressed.
  • zyklon, on 07/26/2008, -2/+11Good to see there's some people in the FCC playing for our team.
  • Laiden, on 07/26/2008, -1/+10Duh nuh nuh nuh...
  • Atomic1fire, on 07/26/2008, -0/+7it depends greatly on the amount of innovation
    when a company can just make a good amount of money and not take any risks
    do you think they will try to innovate?
    Microsoft still has competitors albeit few but in the case of telecoms and cable companies its harder to find depending on location
    competition brings innovation not a lack of regulation
    If companies are trying to out do one another in service
    where does that leave the customer...
    in a better place then when it started
  • TomFrost, on 07/26/2008, -0/+7Dah! Dah!
  • iidestined, on 07/26/2008, -0/+7good job. this is a good first step.
  • DraxusD, on 07/26/2008, -0/+6Good point. Anyone have a link to make it easy?
  • alphadog, on 07/26/2008, -1/+7OK, now we are in the punishment phase of the process. A $100,000 fine to a corporation like Comcast is nothing.
    Make then feel the pain. The government has show these corporations that it means business. Use both barrels. Deregulate the industry and allow free market in all areas of the country.
    Give Americans the ability to choice between 5-6 different isp's at a price that everyone can afford ($50-60 is not it) and then see how Comcast changes it's ways
  • igeoffi, on 07/26/2008, -0/+6"If those are important principles to you, why not drop a quick note to one or more of the commissioners?"
    How many people are going to send a thank you note? I'm willing to bet not as many as those who complained.
  • inactive, on 07/26/2008, -1/+7hey maybe the FCC isn't so bad after all.
  • rovr138, on 07/26/2008, -0/+6Wow... there really is
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/974

    Couldn't believe it... I had to see it.
  • chrisduser, on 07/26/2008, -0/+6Who's next?
  • spyd3rweb, on 07/26/2008, -5/+11The FCC is slowly slurping up more and more power.
  • WaveRunningNakd, on 07/26/2008, -0/+5Suck it, Comcast.
  • Cameljock, on 07/26/2008, -0/+6I have Comcast and my tubes are broken/clogged.
  • Jenadae, on 07/26/2008, -0/+530k down / 3k up right now... ***** comcast...
  • josh0518, on 07/26/2008, -0/+5Now lets hope that the Canadian government does the same thing with Bell and Rogers over here!
  • yaddayaddayoda, on 07/26/2008, -0/+5/Facepalm
  • Phasmorphage, on 07/26/2008, -0/+5Nuh! Nuh!
  • Sabre24q7, on 07/26/2008, -0/+5Comcast deserves every fine and penalty they get. Net blocking bastards >=(
  • SmokinWeed, on 07/26/2008, -0/+5Don't discourage him.. maybe he's got a talent.
  • giantkicks, on 07/26/2008, -0/+4One step closer to the official FCC position against Comcast. - can't wait to see the final one.
  • weaselfingers, on 07/26/2008, -0/+4These . . . are not the hammer.
  • dsmx, on 07/26/2008, -0/+4There's a firefox addon for that.
  • TheHayze, on 07/26/2008, -0/+4I had met Mr. Martin, personally, last week in Pittsburgh when he, and his fellow commisioners were there for a public forum discussing the issue. AT&T were there, too, but no Comcast. We met during the interval between panelists. He was picking bits and peices off cookies, and talking to a reporter that was there, and I was able to ask him a quick question before he joined his friends. I had asked him what he, personally, would do against Comcast if the commission voted to sanction Comcast. While some of what he said wasn't exactly what I wanted (I wanted criminal charges leveled against Comcast's illegal, and unfair packet resets), most of it was good.

    He seemed like a good man, and definately worthy of the fight against the big-box cable, and carriors, like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast. It seems that we have a good crusader fighting for us in making sure Net Nuetrality comes into place, and stays in place.
  • KMartSheriff, on 07/26/2008, -2/+6Well, for those of us who don't live on Digg 24/7, sometimes we appreciate repeats.
  • inactive, on 07/26/2008, -1/+5One for the Empire.
  • enronias, on 07/26/2008, -1/+5Now go after charter plox
  • MuskokasFinest, on 07/26/2008, -1/+5...isn't that what they're supposed to do?
  • yaddayaddayoda, on 07/26/2008, -0/+4http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html
  • hivesster, on 07/26/2008, -0/+3But according to Comcock, the FCC has no power, so who is going to enforce this? It's sad to see a time when corporations can basically tell the government to ***** off and the government is powerless to do anything about it.
  • inactive, on 07/26/2008, -0/+3Hey Dom Lets drop the Hammer!
  • jcronkhite, on 07/26/2008, -0/+3I have sent a thank you to the FCC. I think this could hold some weight. I cited a statistic that shows 90% of the United States are users of the Internet as of November 30, 2007. Please send them a thank you as well! Here is the link to the FCC contact page (emails right on top): http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html

    For the Internet statistics, go to http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats14.htm#nort ...
  • Telekenesis, on 07/26/2008, -0/+3Woohoo, this makes me giddy, and Nate Anderson's words '...the decision to penalize Comcast will provide a Mario-style power-up to the FCC's 2005 Internet Policy Statement.' in the peice helped a bit too.
  • jull1234, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2FCC search and destroy vessels are a biatch.
  • bbliss17, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Best post so far!!!
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