Comcast Throttling to be Subject of FCC Hearing

Iria · Feb 23, 2008, 04:49 AM

If you've been reading this site, you'll recall the throttling of P2P traffic that the EFF and AP proved Comcast was doing. You'll also recall that Comcast modified their Terms of Service to acknowledge (and justify) throttling. On Monday the FCC has a meeting scheduled to discuss, as they call it, "Broadband Network Management Practices," with representatives from Comcast and BitTorrent attending, among others.

The meeting has been moved offsite for undisclosed reasons, from the FCC's headquarters just off the National Mall in Washington to Ames Courtroom, Austin Hallon on Harvard Law School's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Source: Tech-Ex

Tipstaff · Feb 23, 2008, 06:22 AM

Even though I'm against throttling of any kind (seriously, if I'm paying money for high speed Internet, I should damn well get what I paid for, and thankfully I do), however I find this situation kinda funny. On the one hand ISPs do this kind of throttling "supposedly" in order to discourage downloading, specifically to discourage or to combat piracy (according to them that is). For this the FCC is going after them for it. However, on the other hand you have the government wanting to fine ISPs for not curbing piracy, which is what these ISPs are doing with their throttling techniques. How f'ing stupid is that?

Feb 23, 2008, 04:49 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Comcast Throttling to be Subject of FCC Hearing If you've been reading this site, you'll recall the throttling of P2P traffic that the EFF and AP proved Comcast was doing. You'll also recall that Comcast modified their Terms of Service to acknowledge (and justify) throttling. On Monday the FCC has a meeting scheduled to discuss, as they call it, "Broadband Network Management Practices," with representatives from Comcast and BitTorrent attending, among others. The meeting has been moved offsite for undisclosed reasons, from the FCC's headquarters just off the National Mall in Washington to Ames Courtroom, Austin Hallon on Harvard Law School's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. __________ Source: Tech-Ex

Feb 23, 2008, 06:22 AM	#2
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,660 Rep Power: 187 System Specs	Even though I'm against throttling of any kind (seriously, if I'm paying money for high speed Internet, I should damn well get what I paid for, and thankfully I do), however I find this situation kinda funny. On the one hand ISPs do this kind of throttling "supposedly" in order to discourage downloading, specifically to discourage or to combat piracy (according to them that is). For this the FCC is going after them for it. However, on the other hand you have the government wanting to fine ISPs for not curbing piracy, which is what these ISPs are doing with their throttling techniques. How f'ing stupid is that? __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.