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Comcast Not Attending FCC Hearing

Pick a clever intro: Comcast won't be tarred and feathered willingly; Comcast is taking its ball and going home; Comcast can't stand the heat and won't be going near the kitchen; Comcast won't lie in the bed it's made; Comcast will just hold its breath till it turns blue.I like this one:Comcast to FCC: Screw you guys; I'm going home.

Comcast To Slow Net For Heaviest Users

Comcast CTO Tony Werner gets the last laugh on the most ardent BitTorrent users on his network, as the company plans to slow down all Internet traffic for them.

Comcast Working With BitTorrent

Taking a less heavy-handed approach than the outright blocking of BitTorrent traffic, Comcast announced the company has begun negotiating ways for simultaneous existence. The announcement comes at a time when Comcast desperately needs to diffuse public, regulatory, and legislative concerns about Network Neutrality.There's also the Time Warner WiMax deal to think about.

It's Time For FCC Chair To Step Down

There's a lot of uncertainty not just in the economy but also in the policies guiding American media, the Internet included. Perhaps to quell some of that uncertainty, the public and government officials should pay close attention to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's opinion…and do the opposite.

Comcast Is Blocktastic

Here's some news to make you feel icky all over: Comcast paid disinterested uninterested squatters and employees to fill up the room at the FCC hearing at Harvard Law. With supporters and ambivalent attendees taking up real estate 90 minutes beforehand, protestors were unable to enter the building.

Sound Bites From The Comcast Hearing

Yesterday's FCC "hearing" to discuss Comcast's interference with BitTorrent traffic was more "dogpile on the cable shill." Comcast chose executive VP David Cohen as the bullet-catcher/gauntlet-runner/sacrificial lamb, and Verizon sent its own executive VP, Tom Tauke, presumably for moral support.

Stakes Are High For Comcast Hearing

Cable is on course to be the next decade's dial-up. With limited capacity, cable companies are in a pickle: manipulate network traffic like Comcast has been doing (which customers and perhaps the government won't stand for) or go back to metered pricing, which is going back ten years in business model, like Time Warner has done, which customers ultimately won't stand for, especially as more competition comes around.

Topic of Net Neutrality Gains Momentum

Net neutrality is a hot issue among groups such as public interest groups, Internet startups, and even political groups; however, recent developments have added to the popularity.

Comcast Stands By Its Internet Filtering

Comcast has admitted that it intentionally slows down some traffic on its network, including music and movie downloads. The company said in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission that slowing the transfer of music or video between subscribers sharing files is necessary to manage traffic flow over its network.

Comcast Spotlight Picks Up Vehix

The term "minority interest" is pretty weak; it implies that something received just the tiniest bit of one's attention or bank account balance.  So, although we're in no way involved in the deal, it's kind of reassuring to see that Comcast Spotlight has concluded an all-out acquisition of Vehix.