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FCC Votes To Punish Comcast

Posted by Soulskill on from the time-for-your-whoopin' dept.

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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  1. alignment by jrubens · · Score: 0, Troll

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

  2. The Republicans are correct by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 0, Troll

    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.

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    Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
    1. Re:The Republicans are correct by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 1, Troll

      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.

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      Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
  3. "republican" vs "democrat" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Obama supports blanket immunity for telecoms, the democrats are pretty much wholly owned by the media and comms companies. Clinton brought us the DMCA and it's ridiculous measures.

    God fucking damnit I hate stupid dumbass Americans talking "political". Nothing but straw man attacks on the "other side" with no real acknowledgement that there is no "other side". The two parties of the two party system are WAY THE FUCK to the right of center, each are owned by the same corporate fucks.

    And you toads actually buy into this shit and spend all your time infighting.

    WELL HERES HOPING THOSE SCUMMY REPUB-LIE-CANTS DONT FUCK IT ALL UP M-I-RITE-GUYS !