Comcast Is Seeking To Cap Internet Usage For Customers.

Comcast goes to war over Internet regulation
Written by Nick Farrell
Monday, 08 September 2008 09:38



We fight for the right to cap

Comcast has decided to fight an FCC ruling that it is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic.

The FCC determined that the company is violating a federal policy that guarantees unfettered access to the Internet, but Comcast challenged the this ruling in the U.S. District Court of Appeals.

Comcast claims that the FCC order and that the Commission's action was "legally inappropriate and its findings were not justified by the record." If Comcast wins, it will limit the ability of the FCC to stop companies capping heavy users.

The FCC said that Comcast's network management practices were "discriminatory and arbitrary" and that the company's practices "contravene industry standards and have significantly impeded Internet users' ability to use applications and access content of their choice."

Comcast has said that it has delayed traffic, not blocked it, and that the FCC's so-called network-neutrality "principles" are part of a policy statement and not enforceable.

[link to www.fudzilla.com]