Tag archive: Marvin Ammori

In an apparent victory for proponents of an open Internet, a bipartisan majority of the Federal Communications Commission has reportedly resolved to vote to sanction U.S. cable operator Comcast for blocking consumer's Internet traffic. The dispute stems from an Associated Press investigation last year that revealed Comcast was forging reset packets to shut down selected peer-to-peer file sharing connections on its network, effectively… Read More

Giant U.S. cable operator Comcast is currently being investigated by the FCC for interfering with peer-to-peering traffic from its subscribers, but recently said it will stop blocking P2P traffic in favor of other traffic-management techniques. Now, the company is partnering with Pando Networks in an effort to develop a "P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities," a document which would try to define both consumer options and… Read More

Legal scholars from Yale, Harvard, and Stanford along with public advocacy groups have filed a network neutrality complaint (PDF) with the Federal Communications Commission against U.S. cable provider Comcast, claiming the company is intentionally degrading network performance and discriminating against customers' use of the network—specifically, blocking the use of peer-to-peer file sharing applications like BitTorrent and… Read More