Comcast Says FCC Powerless to Stop P2P Blocking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday March 19, 2008 @04:17AM from the impotence-is-a-troubling-issue dept.

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."'"

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Re:Is there a lawyer in the house? by _KiTA_ · 2008-03-19 05:45 · Score: 1, Flamebait

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.