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Comcast Allowed to Throttle BitTorrent Traffic: FCC Decision Overturned

Comcast Allowed to Throttle BitTorrent Traffic: FCC Decision Overturned

A three-judge panel overturned an August 2008 FCC decision today that had found Comcast in violation of FCC rules due to throttling of Bit Torrent files. After that decision was handed down, Comcast immediately turned around and sued the FCC for overstepping their boundaries through trying to enforce net neutrality laws. Today’s decision is the outcome of that lawsuit. Technically, the FCC had ancillary powers over broadband communications at the time, but today’s decision effectively removes any teeth that they may have had. Specifically, the three-judge panel ruled that Congress had…

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