Comcast Sued Again over P2P Throttling

Dr. Eggman writes "Ars Technica brings us news of a disgruntled Washington D.C. Comcast customer who has filed a lawsuit against Comcast over claims of false advertising. The complaint seeks punitive damages, class-action status, and attorneys' fees. The customer claims Comcast advertised 'unfettered access to all the content, services, and applications that the Internet has to offer.' We discussed a similar lawsuit brought against Comcast by a Californian customer back in November, as well as the FCC investigation into Comcast's practices. While Comcast confirmed reception of the new lawsuit, they declined to comment on it directly. Spokesman Charlie Douglas was quoted saying, 'To be clear, Comcast does not, has not, and will not block any Web sites or online applications, including peer-to-peer services, and no one has demonstrated otherwise.'"

Comments

Alternate reality.

[palegray.net]

Comcast does not, has not, and will not block any Web sites or online applications, including peer-to-peer services, and no one has demonstrated otherwise. Of course they don't block anyone's traffic. Why would anyone dare claim they would stoop to such low measures? Why, they're Comcastic!

Re:Alternate reality.

[mapkinase]

here is the best report of how they do it in details that are more satisfactory to me. tag: Sandvine.

Re:Better idea

[Clay Pigeon -TPF-VS-]

There are plenty of legitmate uses for bit torrent. Blizzard uses it to distribute patches, and vuze uses it to distribute liscensed content.

Re:Haha, good luck.

[sc7]

Nowhere on Comcast's site, does it say "Unlimited". That was taken off years ago.