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Submission + - FCC Comes Down On Comcast For P2P Blocking (crn.com)

kallisti5 writes: "By a vote of 3-2, The Federal Communications Commission Friday voted that Comcast (NSDQ:CMCSA)'s management of its broadband network violated Net neutrality rules by hindering peer-to-peer filing sharing, the FCC said. The Commission concluded that Comcast has "unduly interfered" with Internet users' right to access the lawful Internet content and to use the applications of their choice," the FCC said in a statement. "Specifically, the Commission found that Comcast had deployed equipment throughout its network to monitor the content of its customers' Internet connections and selectively block specific types of connections known as peer-to-peer connections.

— From crn.com"

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