FCC Anti-Comcast Decision is Pro-Business, Pro-Competition and Pro-Growth

Last Friday the Federal Communications Commission bared its teeth. In a 3-2 decision led by Chairman Kevin Martin, and joined by his Democrats colleagues across the aisle, Commissioners Jonathan Adelstein and Michael Copps, the agency ruled against Comcast, finding that the nation's largest cable company had practiced discriminatory network practices – throttling file-sharing traffic – and did so with a lack of disclosure.

The FCC Ruling:  (to view the video, please visit www.jackmyers.com and click on the commentary.)

Going forward, what precedent does the action set? Does it make the FCC the go-to government body for all things Internet? Resurrect Net Neutrality? Will Comcast sue? What about Cox's blocking (sorry, couldn't resist) or AT&T's decision to engage in network management (cough, cough) in its wireless network? Will this trigger metered pricing? And is this a one-off of token consequence, or does it play with bigger, broader themes of the day?

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Comments

[oogabooga]

Now let's reverse the sirius-xm merger and restore satellite radio competition.