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FCC poised to punish Comcast for traffic blocking

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic, an agency official said Friday.

• FCC To Punish Comcast For Traffic Blocking - CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for
• Majority of FCC commissioners cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast for blocking traffic - Star Tribune
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FCC poised to punish Comcast for traffic blocking (AP)

Privacy (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

WASHINGTON - A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have toss votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic, an agency official said Friday. Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, was accused of violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet. Three commissioners have voted in favor of an order reaching...

• FCC To Punish Comcast For Traffic Blocking - CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for
• Majority of FCC commissioners cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast for blocking traffic - Star Tribune

Comcast likely to be punished for tempering with internet usage

Tech News at TechWhack (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Comcast likely to be punished for tempering with internet usage Federal Communications Commission members have casted their votes and they are in favor of punishing the internet service provider Comcast for tempering with the internet usage of their customers. Comcast has been found in violation with agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet. They are [...]

FCC Vote Slams Comcast On Network Management

Appscout.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reportedly voted in favor of an "enforcement action" against Comcast regarding its network management practices.

• Bipartisan FCC Majority Votes to Punish Comcast - Biodun Iginla's Weblog

Hammer drops at last: FCC opposes Comcast P2P throttling

Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The Comcast P2P saga has come to its final chapter as a majority of FCC commissioners today voted to sanction the company. The FCC's Internet Policy Statement now sports some unexpectedly sharp teeth. Read More...

FCC poised to punish Comcast for traffic blocking

USA Today (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking ...

FCC poised to punish Comcast for traffic blocking

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic, an agency official said Friday. Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, was accused of...

FCC Nears Finding Against Comcast

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

The FCC is on the verge of finding Comcast violated federal policy by hampering the ability of customers to share large files online.

Entitled, whiny white tech workers find new way to get prompt service from Comcast [We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | yesterday

I couldn't help but notice a trend in the New York Times report about bloggers and Twitter users who have gotten superior service from Comcast after complaining about the cable company online: They... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Feedback in the blogosphere - How Comcast is handling it

BlogBridge (Free subscription) | yesterday

Here’s an interesting story about how Comcast is following a broad collection of blogs, forums, and other social media and trying to get on top of customer gripes posted there: “From a sparse desk dominated by two computer screens in the new Comcast Center here, Mr. Eliason uses readily available online tools to monitor public comments [...]

Comcast Frank Is Real And We Have Photographic Proof From The New York Times [Comcast]

The Consumerist (Free subscription) | yesterday

Comcast's Twitter-jockey has his own New York Times story. Awww. We love Frank, even though we probably make his life really crappy by posting lots of Comcast complaints. Oh well! Sorry, Frank. As... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Comcast Hit With Another Throttling Lawsuit - This time starring the individual who first discovered it...

broadbandreports.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

In May of last year, Broadband Reports user Robb Topolski posted in our forums that Comcast appeared to be forging TCP packets in order to throttle upstream P2P traffic for all users, regardless of consumption. That finding ultimately led to a wave of press coverage, an FCC investigation, and forced (or will by the end of 2008) Comcast to embrace a more transparent way of managing their network (most...

Comcast cares?

Chris Leckness is a Geek (Free subscription) | yesterday

I’ll update this post to make more sense when I get to a pc.

Tuned In: MSNBC says money, not politics, drove Comcast decision

Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | yesterday

Source: [b]Pittsburgh Post-Gazette[/b] Word of Comcast's decision to move MSNBC from standard cable to Channel 183 on a digital tier has not escaped the notice of Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC's "Countdown With Keith Olbermann." But even he acknowledged the channel was not moved out of an anti-lib...

Comcast’s Own Big Brother is Watching

Truemors (Free subscription) | yesterday

The cable company we love to hate is now on the web hunting down ways to better your experience…and some are feeling a little creeped out. One blogger was shocked when a passing complaint quickly elicited an e-mail from Frank Eliason, digital care manager at Comcast. His job is part of five-month-old effort to drag [...]

Residential Telephony 2007 - 2011

nitesh | 11/01/2007

Cable companies have been on a fast track, upgrading their networks to provide integrated digital video, high-speed data and voice services—which means incumbent telcos now face stiff competition from cable operators aiming to supply residential and small business customers with a bundled services. With competitors like Cox Communications, CableVision, Comcast, Charter, Time-Warner, and other top-tier...