Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Kevin Martin said the US government agency will investigate complaints that Comcast “actively interferes with internet traffic as its subscribers try to share files online.”
Last October, the Associated Press discovered that Comcast was blocking its customers BitTorrent traffic. Comcast continues to deny that it blocks file sharing traffic, but acknowledged to the Associated Press that it was “delaying” some of its customers filesharing traffic.
The FCC investigation should indicate where the agency stands with regard to enforcing network neutrality, the fundamental principle that all internet traffic be treated equally by internet service providers.
Meanwhile, at a Consumer Electronics Show panel discussion, NBC, Microsoft, and AT&T said it’s time to start filtering copyright infringing content at the network level using digital fingerprinting techniques.
