| By Maureen O'Gara |
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| April 7, 2010 05:11 PM EDT |
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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has told the Federal Communications Commission that it can’t make broadband providers treat all the Internet content and services traveling over their networks the same.
Comcast, the big cable company, challenged the FCC’s right to stop it from blocking its broadband subscribers from using BitTorrent file-sharing technology.
If its authority is questioned, the decision could potentially throw a monkey wrench into the agency’s plans for a massive national broadband network paid for in part by tapping the federal fund that subsidizes phone service in poor and rural communities.
Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025. Twitter: @MaureenOGara
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