Comcast Draws Fire For Its 'P2P Bill of Rights’ Plan

By Ted Hearn
Multichannel News

Was it an empty public-relations-driven gesture — or a demonstration that so-called network neutrality regulations are unnecessary?

The smoldering issue of how Comcast and other Internet-service providers treat peer-to-peer traffic that traverses their networks continued to throw off sparks last week.

Comcast further positioned itself as proactively and responsibly addressing peer-to-peer applications, announcing it will lead an industry-wide effort to create a “P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” for users and Internet-service providers.

To read the article, click here [1].


Source URL:
http://www.freepress.net/node/38680

Publisher URL:
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6553100.html