FCC to take action against ISPs tempering with internet usage

FCC to take action against ISPs tempering with internet usage

Federal regulators in the USA have said that they are now going to take action against the internet service providers who temper with the internet usage by their customers.

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said in a statement: “The commission is ready, willing and able to step in if necessary to correct any practices that are ongoing today.”

Comcast is one of the offending ISPs who has accepted that they perform certain steps to keep their network working by tempering with the BitTorrent protocol based downloads.

Martin added: “Consumers need to know if and how network management practices distinguish between different applications, so they can configure their own applications and systems properly.”

David L. Cohen, an executive vice president at Comcast spoke about their view: “We have chosen the least intrusive method to help the vast majority of our customers avoid service degradation. There is nothing wrong with network management — every broadband network is managed. Our customers want us to fight spam and viruses, and they want us to fight congestion.”