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FCC to Investigate Comcast Bittorrent Meddling

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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday that the commission will investigate complaints that Comcast actively interferes with Internet traffic as its subscribers try to share files online. A coalition of consumer groups and legal scholars asked the agency in November to stop Comcast from discriminating against certain types of data and to fine Comcast $195,000 for every affected subscriber. While known for months in tech circles, the issue wasn't given broad attention until an Associated Press report last year, in which reporters tested and verified the data blocking.
Source: Slashdot
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this is very weird news. why would the FCC care?
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Because Comcast customers pay for a certain amount of bandwidth 24/7 - and Comcast is evidently throttling users.
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Oh - reasonable traffic management is legal, targeted is not.

Edit: There is a way around it, though.
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