FCC Head: 'Comcast Should be Punished for BitTorrent Throttling'
Date : 2008 07 11 Category : Web News
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In a big win for network neutrality proponents, Chairman Kevin Martin said the ISP had "arbitrarily" blocked Internet access, regardless of the level of traffic, and failed to disclose to consumers that it was doing so.
It's been a long time coming, but it seems the FCC may finally punish Comcast for violating the agency principles that guarantee everyone open access to the Internet. The ISP has long been throttling BitTorrent as part of supposed network bandwidth management efforts, but many have proven that it did so even at times when bandwidth should not have been an issues like weekends and evenings.
FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin has concluded that Comcast improperly blocked BitTorrent transfers and will recommend the following: that Comcast be sanctioned, it must stop BitTorrent throttling, it must fully divulge how often it blocked BitTorrent, and tell customers its future plans for network bandwidth management.