Comcast and other ISPs in the US may have pushed their luck too far. Apparently the FCC may step in to give them a millipede pimp slap. This in regards to the ISP practice of controlling customers web access.
From the Washington Post:
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission yesterday sharply questioned Internet service providers who control consumers’ Web access over their networks, and suggested the agency could intervene against the practice.
Kevin J. Martin made his remarks at an unusual off-site hearing to address complaints that cable provider Comcast restricts the flow of content — such as video and music clips — through file-sharing service BitTorrent. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet and a proponent of so-called net neutrality rules barring online traffic controls, offered opening remarks. “While carriers will assert the need to manage networks in their current state of evolution, we need to remember that Internet freedoms are most properly thought of as consumer-centric,” he said.
Interesting read.
[tags]ISP Filtering, Comcast Filtering, Customer Web Access[/tags]