{"id":755,"date":"2008-07-11T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T20:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/fcc-chief-says-comcast-violated-internet-rules\/"},"modified":"2008-07-11T15:50:01","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T20:50:01","slug":"fcc-chief-says-comcast-violated-internet-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/fcc-chief-says-comcast-violated-internet-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC chief says Comcast violated Internet rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he will recommend that the nation&#8217;s largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The commission has adopted a set of principles that protects consumers access to the Internet,&#8221; FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told The Associated Press late Thursday. &#8220;We found that Comcast&#8217;s actions in this instance violated our principles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Martin said Comcast has &#8220;arbitrarily&#8221; blocked Internet access, regardless of the level of traffic, and failed to disclose to consumers that it was doing so.<\/p>\n<p>(from <a href=\"http:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/ap\/080711\/internet_regulation.html?.v=5\">FCC chief says Comcast violated Internet rules<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/biz.yahoo.com\/\">Yahoo! 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