This is more like it
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/27/comcast.bittorrent/index.htmlComcast Corp., an Internet service provider under investigation for hampering online file-sharing by its subscribers, announced Thursday an about-face in its stance and said it will treat all types of Internet traffic equally.
Since user reports of interference with file-sharing traffic were confirmed by an Associated Press investigation in October, Comcast has been vigorously defending its practices, most recently at a hearing of the Federal Communications Commission in February.
Consumer and "Net Neutrality" advocates have been equally vigorous in their attacks on the company, saying that by secretly blocking some connections between file-sharing computers, Comcast made itself a judge and gatekeeper for the Internet.
They also accused Comcast of stifling delivery of Internet video, an emerging competitor to the cable company's core business.
Comcast has said that its practices were necessary to keep file-sharing traffic from overwhelming local cable lines, where neighbors share capacity with one another. On Thursday, Comcast said that by the end of the year, it will move to a system that manages capacity without favoring one type of traffic over another.
This looks like a fast trick by Comcast to avoid the FCC introducing new legislation that would force then to act responsibly, by agreeing to treat all traffic the same they have for now put that time off, but I can pretty much guaranteee they will return to these tricks again should they think they can get away with it in future, this really is a sign of poor PR and dubious managment.
Lesson here : Dont abuse the FCC then expect it to sit Happy, I hope the FCC act and make the rules mandatory to avoid a similar repeat of this abuse.
