"WASHINGTON -- Today, the Federal Communications Commission published an enforcement order punishing Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, for blocking Internet users' access to legal online content and services. The order, approved by a bipartisan majority on Aug.

"San Francisco - In the wake of the detection and reporting of Comcast Corporation's controversial interference with Internet traffic, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a comprehensive account of Comcast's packet-forging activities and has released software and documentation instructing Internet users on how to test for packet forgery or other forms of interference by their ow

It's been two months now since Comcast announced its suffocating 250GB/month bandwidth quota (not cap). Needless to say, I've been infuriated with them since day one... I understand the methodology behind this kind of decision in regards to network administration... but why do they have to be such Nazis about it!!?!?

Please, don't hurt the web this way... --
*N.B: Comcast blocks P2P traffic also: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/19/comcast-actively-blo.html

"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced its orders on Comcast, a major high-speed internet provider, to halt their practice of throttling selected peer-to-peer file sharing traffic.

"Cox users in our forums have been complaining about peer to peer performance being less than optimal. In particular, they've been noting that their upstream p2p throughput has been "weak and random," though so far this has only been showing up in certain markets.

"The FCC has finally published its order (adopted on August 1) directing Comcast to stop blocking BitTorrent traffic. The 34-page ruling makes for surprisingly enjoyable reading, at least as FCC publications go. The order follows the basic outline that was explained by Chairman Martin in his statement on August 1, 2008. But there are some interesting additional tidbits: ..."

"The Federal Communications Commission will investigate complaints that Comcast Corp. actively interferes with Internet traffic as its subscribers try to share files online, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday..."

They're the largest ISP in America. And they hate Macs. And the Firefox browser. At least, that's the impression you get from Comcast's installation procedure — and clues scattered across their home page.