FCC slaps Comcast's wrist over network neutrality violations

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The FCC has stopped short of fining Comcast over the p2p network throttling I mentioned several weeks ago.

From ZDNET:

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday ruled 3-2 that Comcast overstepped its network management authority by blocking BitTorrent peer to peer traffic, but stopped short of fining the cable company. The move clarifies the boundaries a bit for other carriers and sends the message that the FCC enforces network neutrality principles. [From FCC slaps Comcast's wrist over network neutrality; sets precedence -- zdnet.com]

While a demonstration of teeth behind the net neutrality principals would have sent a clearer message to ISPs. Hopefully, the FCC will also start looking at mobile providers as well as home ISPs.

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