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Comcast Says FCC Powerless to Stop P2P Blocking
Nanoboy writes "Even if the FCC finds that Comcast has violated its Internet Policy Statement, it's utterly powerless to do anything about it, according to a recent filing by the cable giant. Comcast argues that Congress has not given the FCC the authority to act, that the Internet Policy Statement doesn't give it the right to deal with the issue, and that any FCC action would violate the Administrative Procedures Act of 1946. '"The congressional policy and agency practice of relying on the marketplace instead of regulation to maximize consumer welfare has been proven by experience (including the Comcast customer experience) to be enormously successful," concludes Comcast VP David L. Cohen's thinly-veiled warning to the FCC, filed on March 11. "Bearing these facts in mind should obviate the need for the Commission to test its legal authority."'"
Oh, yes. I want government run internet just like they do our roads.
There's already pointless speed limits when everyone wants to go much faster. There's potholes from LAST winter that haven't been repaired much less the ones from this winter or the others that were so poorly fixed the might as well not have bothered. How about the construction? 'Sorry, this part if the internet is closed for 6 months while our union crews wank off while holding construciton flags so one single guy can do the work'
I'm ALL for that...and that's without even playing the censorship-conspiracy-monitoring-big brother card.
You can get rich if you own a politician, but you have to be rich to buy one in the first place.
Comcast: "The FCC can bite my shiny metal ass. Nyah, nyah, nyah!!!!"
Yeah, is it just me, or did Comcast just dare the FCC to just TRY and stop them?
If they weren't ran by clueless Bush appointees I'd wager this would piss some people off. Now they'll probably just send a nasty memo to Comcast's CEO to remind his peons to be more discreet.