Hammer drops at last: FCC opposes Comcast P2P throttling
July 26, 2008
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.
July 25, 2008 – 09:13PM CT – by Nate Anderson
“Once FCC Chair Kevin Martin announced his support for sanctions against Comcast, penalties looked inevitable. The two Democrats on the Commission, long supportive of network neutrality, seemed set to vote along with Martin and punish Comcast for its P2P “delaying” techniques; late this afternoon at FCC headquarters, they did, and a majority has now spoken.”
