Talk about understanding both sides of the fence! Comcast throttled traffic for BitTorrent (didn't block, at least according to the article) and the FCC told them they couldn't. Now the courts are saying the FCC cannot do that.
Some days I'm really glad I'm not a judge! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/technology/07net.html?hp Court Says F.C.C. Cannot Require Net Neutrality WASHINGTON A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt a sharp blow to the efforts of the Federal Communications Commission to set the rules of the road for the Internet, ruling that the agency lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks. The decision, by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, specifically concerned the efforts of Comcast, the nations largest cable provider, to slow down customers access to a service called BitTorrent, which is used to exchange large video files, most often pirated copies of movies. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315170 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
