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Comcast Appeals FCC's Net Neutrality Ruling

Posted by timothy on from the makes-one-long-for-tin-cans-and-string dept.

Ian Lamont writes "Comcast has filed a court appeal of an FCC ruling that says the company can't delay peer-to-peer traffic on its network because it violates FCC net neutrality principles. A Comcast VP said the FCC ruling is 'legally inappropriate,' but said it will abide by the order during the appeal while moving forward with its plan to cap data transfers at 250 GB per month."

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  1. Re:Sounds like Comcast's death-knell... by TriZz · · Score: 4, Informative

    I don't think there is a slashdot reader who would willingly choose Comcast over anything other than dial-up or abstinence. Most Comcast users just don't have any other choice. THAT is the problem...

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    No matter how hot a girl is - some guy somewhere is sick of her shit.
  2. Re:To: MODS -- Comcast is NOT a common carrier! by pin0chet · · Score: 5, Informative

    Safe Harbor, not common carrier, is what protects Comcast as per the DMCA and the CDA. Common carrier is a completely different concept that affects telcos, not cable companies. Modifying TCP streams--however repugnant--does not automatically mean the ISP is liable for the content that traverses its network. That's the law, like it or not.

  3. Re:Sounds like Comcast's death-knell... by Dr.+Donuts · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's the answer a lot companies would like to sell the government on, that there is a "free" market for people to choose the provider they wish.

    Yet out of the other side of their mouth, they go back to the government and ask for monopolies in the areas they service so they can recoup their cost of building out infrastructure. Hell, they've even resorted to suing municipalities to prevent them from building out their own.

    Truth is, for many people in the US, there is no competitive market. There is one provider in their area, and that's it.

    Much as Comcast may boohoo about the FCC and whatnot, here's the schtick: You want to be a monopoly, you get regulated. End of story. Don't want that? Then don't ask for government handouts in the form of monopolies or suing competition.

  4. Re:D'oh! by Obfuscant · · Score: 4, Informative
    Who modded this nonsense interesting?

    The cyberonic website asks for a phone number to determine availability, and instead of simply saying yes or no, they put up another form with address, phone number, and EMAIL address demands. Then, even with all the entries filled in, they respond with "all required entries must be filled in, please 'back' and try again."

    Phishing for email addresses and phone numbers. Bah. A pox on them and their ilk.