Monday, August 4, 2008

Comcast guilty of neutrality violations

In the first major test of the FCC's network neutrality principles, the agency found Comcast guilty Aug. 1 of secretly degrading network traffic. On a 3-2 vote, the FCC ordered Comcast to stop blocking traffic, disclose to the FCC the full extent of the cable giant's traffic practices and to keep the public informed of its future network management plans.

The FCC said <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government/Comcast-Guilty-of-Net-Neutrality-Violations/?kc=EWKNLNAV08042008STR1">Comcast violated the agency's Internet policy</A> when it blocked P2P traffic by BitTorrent. The agency also found that Comcast misled consumers when it did not properly disclose its P2P policy.

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