Despite launching what it calls a "platform agnostic" bandwidth management system this week, broadband and cable TV provider Comcast was served with class-action lawsuits this week in three states over its practice of throttling the BitTorrent file transfers of some of its users, Ars Technica reported.
Comcast, which counts 14 million broadband subscribers, was found to have been interfering with file-sharing traffic late last year, and soon after became the subject of an FCC investigation and several public hearings.
Comcast Hit With 3 Class Actions Over BitTorrent Throttling
Posted in legal by hassan 612 days ago (www.dmwmedia.com)
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