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August 1st, 2008

FCC formally rules Comcast’s throttling of BitTorrent was illegal

FCC formally rules Comcast’s throttling of BitTorrent was illegal: “

Federal regulators voted 3-2 on Friday to declare that Comcast’s throttling of BitTorrent traffic last year was unlawful, marking the first time that any U.S. broadband provider has ever been found to violate Net neutrality rules.

The Federal Communications Commission handed Comcast a cease-and-desist order and required the …

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(Via The Iconoclast.)

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