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Throttling the Throttlers

07/13/2008 by Debra


Good news. Let’s hope that the CRTC is taking notes.

The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will recommend that the nation’s largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the internet,

Comcast has been throttling downloads for customers using a “certain type of software”. The company’s response is that they say in their TOS that they can withhold access as they see fit. Wonder if customers can do the same with payments?

[Image From crunchgear.com]

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