Comcast Center aka The Citadel. Flickr’d
The FCC wants to punish Comcast for blocking its customers’ access to the Internet. That, of course, in part refers to the company’s practice of blocking BitTorrent.
Kevin Martin—yes, that Kevin Martin—had this to say:
We found that Comcast’s actions in this instance violated our principles [of open access to the Internet]
As you might expect, Comcast has denied all wrongdoing, arguing that it’s merely trying to manage its network for the benefit of everyone. You, protect you from yourself, that line of logic.
Give this story some time, and it’s bound to hot up.
I think that is all fine and dandy… but doesn’t the FCC only have regulation of “over the air” stuff?
“The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC’s jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions.”
That’s the FCC’s mandate. It does whatever it wants, it looks like.