FCC: Congress said we could spank Comcast for P2P blocking

The Federal Communications Commission has taken on the tricky legal task of asserting its authority over the Internet, telling an appeals court that, contrary to what Comcast says , the FCC did too have the legal power to sanction the ISP for BitTorrent throttling last year. Comcast is suing the agency over the move.

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FCC: Congress said we could spank Comcast for P2P blocking

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