[LINK] Fwd: IAMEMS: Major Victory for Open Internet

[Roger Clarke]

From: "Phillip" <phillipcroberts at optusnet.com.au>
To: <iamems at isoc-au.org.au>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 12:08:17 +1000
>Please see below for details of a major decision that was
brought down by the US Federal Communications Commission
just yesterday.
>The decision relates to the Comcast matter. It is an absolute
breakthrough and represents good news for anyone who's
interested in keeping the Net free and open.
...

Free Press: Comcast Decision 'Major Victory' for Open Internet
http://www.freepress.net/node/42937


Date: August 1, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to 
punish Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, for blocking 
users' access to the open Internet. In a landmark decision, FCC 
Chairman Kevin Martin and Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan 
Adelstein approved an "enforcement order" that would require Comcast 
to stop blocking and publicly disclose its methods for interfering 
with Internet traffic.

Tests by the Associated Press and others showed that Comcast blocks 
users' legal peer-to-peer content by sending fake signals that cut 
off the connection between file-sharers. ...


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