FCC Complaint Filed Over Comcast P2P Blocking

Enter Sandvine writes "A handful of consumer groups have filed a complaint with the FCC over Comcast's "delaying" some BitTorrent traffic. The complaint seeks fines of $195,000 for each Comcast subscriber affected by the traffic blocking as well as a permanent injunction barring the ISP from blocking P2P traffic. '"Comcast's defense is bogus," said Free Press policy director Ben Scott. "The FCC needs to take immediate action to put an end to this harmful practice. Comcast's blatant and deceptive BitTorrent blocking is exactly the type of problem advocates warned would occur without Net Neutrality laws.""

Comments

Remove their common carrier status

[wowbagger]

What the FCC *ought* to do is say:

"OK, Comcast: you've decided you are going to pick and choose what traffic you want to carry. Fine - it's your equipment, it's your call, do what you want.

HOWEVER: since you've appointed yourselves the arbiter of what your system will carry, you are no longer a common carrier and you are no longer afforded the protections of a common carrier.

Have a nice day - oh, and BTW: Here's all the items over which we will be bringing enforcement action, since you are no longer a common carrier...."