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Comcast Aids In FCC Probe

  • Reuters, Wednesday, January 9, 2008 12:03 PM
How Comcast manages its Internet traffic has come under fire. It will will cooperate with an investigation, but insisted it had not interfered with file-sharing services. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said on Tuesday that the agency would investigate claims by consumer groups that cable operator Comcast has blocked file-sharing services such as BitTorrent.

Comcast is the second-largest high-speed Internet provider in the United States, with 11 million customers. If it's found that the company blocked certain kinds of content, it would be a denial of Net neutrality, which treats all content equally.

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