Federal regulators are prepared to take action against sellers of Internet access that want to restrict what their customers can do online.Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said Friday that Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, should be sanctioned because it had interfered with the Internet connections of users who were exchanging files with other people.
http://nytimes.com/2008/07/12/technology/12comcast.htmlFCC Chairman Seeks to End Comcast’s Delay of File Sharing
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin said yesterday he would seek to stop Comcast from its practice of slowing Internet access of users sharing large files, but he won’t levy a fine against the cable service provider.
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F.C.C. Chief Would Bar Comcast From Imposing Web Restrictions
Federal regulators are prepared to take action against sellers of Internet access that want to restrict what their customers can do online.