FCC to punish Comcast over Internet blocking

Comcast (News - Alert) is about to be punished for messing with its customers Internet traffic, including messing with P2P traffic and reportedly even VoIP traffic. Apparently, Comcast making nice nice with Vonage wasn't enough to appease the FCC (News - Alert). This news wire reports that "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".

Ouch! Looks like Comcast has finally got their comeuppance!

Tags: blocking, Comcast, FCC, internet, p2p, VoIP, Vonage

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