Comcast Faces FCC Sanctions for Blocking Web Traffic

[Frank Booth]

Finally, the FCC does something for the little guy. Just like it should be, do not mess with our series of tubes.


http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2008/07/portfolio_0711


This makes them the worst:

Comcast faced further public outrage after it admitted to paying people off the street to sit at a public hearing at Harvard, while members of the public were prevented from attending. At the time, Comcast claimed it merely paid people to save spots at the hearing for Comcast employees, but the event's organizer disputed that claim.

Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, violated federal guidelines when it blocked and degraded Web traffic, the head of the Federal Communications Commission will announce Friday.

The sanctions would be the first time the commission has come down on an internet provider for denying consumers the right to open, unfettered internet access. It may set a precedent on how the federal government oversees management of internet traffic flows in the future.

 

[Toasteddude]

Hopefully this will make a worldwide impact on those rotten network shapers.