Comcast Ruling

The FCC ruling that Comcast was blocking Internet content to sites that were not favorable to Comcast is a big step forward to clear net neutrality legislation. Net neutrality is the concept that all data on the Internet should be allowed and should not be altered by Internet Service Providers. Comcast was acussed of limiting the connection speed to some sites that were not favorable to it. This is important because what is to stop Comcast from not letting me go to directtv.com to reseach their competitor or giving better access to people who use Comcast services.

The even bigger issue is the fear that services like Skype or TV services would be blocked or limited because they are direct competitors to many Internet Service Providers.

This is a positive ruling for the Internet using public.

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