Comcast still maintain innocence after FCC verdict

On August 1, the FCC concluded that Comcast had violated federal policies. The cable operator was found guilty of interfering with customer’s use of peer-to-peer applications. Comcast still do not find anything wrong with this and still maintain that they are innocence.

Comcast have said that their practices are consistent with industry practices; Sena Fitzmaurice said that they did not block access to Websites or online applications; these include peer-to-peer services.

Comcast managed to escape a fine from the Federal Communications Commission, but they have imposed a deadline on the cable operator. Comcast are now considering all their legal options.

The Comcast case goes back to last year when the FCC received a complaint that the cable operator had an unfair bandwidth policy. According to the complaint, Comcast was altering peer-to-peer connections.

Comcast did say that some broadband users tend to use a huge amount of bandwidth, this then overwhelms the network. This kind of usage threatens to harm the online experience for others.

Comcast has to submit to the Commission’s Order, a compliance plan describing how it intends to put a stop to these practices. They have 30 days to do this.