FCC Votes To Punish Comcast

MaineCoasts brings news that three out of the five FCC commissioners have voted in favor of punishing Comcast for their P2P throttling practices. The investigation of Comcast has been underway since January, and FCC Chairman Kevin Martin made clear their conclusion a couple weeks ago. Ars Technica has coverage as well, noting: "The initial report on the vote said nothing about which way Republican commissioners McDowell and Tate might lean. FCC watchers wouldn't be at all surprised to see both vote against the order; the really interesting moment could come if they support it. Having four or even five commissioners support the order would send a strong bipartisan signal to ISPs that they need to take great care with any sort of discriminatory throttling based on anything more specific than a user's total bandwidth."

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[jrubens]

So whose side is the FCC on? they seem pretty two-faced to me.

The Republicans are correct

[Reality Master 101]

Regardless of your stand on Network Neutrality, the fact of the matter is that what Comcast did was absolutely legal. The FCC is overstepping its bounds by acting like NN is already law. You might like this particular decision, but it sets a bad precedent for the FCC doing whatever it wants without regard for what the law actually is. You might not like the next decision.

The FCC should be an enforcement arm of the government, not a legislative arm.

Re:The Republicans are correct

[Reality Master 101]

If it is arrogant to point out how wrong you are, then anyone with any education must seem arrogant to you. I guess that's the "liberal elite" hate we see from Republicans.

I give up. You're determined to read what you want to read, rather than what I actually say. Probably something to do with your frothing, foaming prejudiced hatred of just having the word "Republican" mentioned.