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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to stop Comcast file-sharing limits
Summary from Canada, from articles in English
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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, the Associated Press reported. (article 1)
The potentially precedent-setting move stems from a complaint against Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. that the company had blocked internet traffic among users of a certain type of software that allowed them to exchange large amounts of data. (article 1)
FCC chairman Kevin Martin told the Associated Press that " the commission has adopted a set of principles that protects consumers' access to the internet. (article 1)
Martin said Comcast "arbitrarily" blocked internet access to customers and failed to disclose that it was doing so. (article 1)
Martin will circulate a proposal among the regulator's five commissioners that would uphold a complaint against Comcast, Reuters reported, citing an FCC spokesman. (article 1)
"Comcast's customer service agreements and policies have always informed Comcast customers that broadband capacity is not unlimited, and that the network is managed for the benefit of all customers" (article 1)
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Story keywords
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Comcast, Martin, Internet, network, commission |
Source articles
- Comcast violated internet rules, U.S. cable regulator says (cbc.ca, 07/11/2008, 243 words)
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