Comcast on Thursday officially appealed the Federal Communications Commission's network management enforcement action on the grounds that the agency acted in a "legally inappropriate" manner. "We filed this appeal in order to protect our legal rights and to challenge the basis on which the commission found that Comcast violated federal policy in the absence of pre-existing legally enforceable standards or rules," David L. Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast, said in a statement. Cohen acknowledged that the FCC "has jurisdiction over Internet service providers and may regulate them in appropriate circumstances and in accordance with appropriate procedures," but said in this case that the FCC's action "was legally inappropriate and its findings were not justified by the record." The FCC on August 1 handed down an enforcement action against Comcast for utilizing what the commission considered to be an unreasonable network management policy. The company in 2007 was accused of blocking access to certain file-sharing services like BitTorrent, and the FCC earlier this year opened up an investigation at the request of Washington-based interest group Free Press. The FCC found that Comcast's actions were in violation of its Internet policy statement. Comcast said Thursday that while it is "seeking review and reversal of the commission's network management order in federal court, we intend to comply fully with the requirements establi ...
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Comcast on Thursday officially appealed the Federal Communications Commission's network management enforcement action on the grounds that the agency acted in a "legally inappropriate" manner. "We filed this appeal in order to protect our legal rights and to challenge the basis on which the commission found that Comcast violated federal policy in the absence of pre-existing legally enforceable standards or rules," David L. Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast, said in a statement. Cohen acknowledged that the FCC "has jurisdiction over Internet service providers and may regulate them in appropriate circumstances and in accordance with appropriate procedures," but said in this case that the FCC's action "was legally inappropriate and its findings were not justified by the record." The FCC on August 1 handed down an enforcement action against Comcast for utilizing what the commission considered to be an unreasonable network management policy. The company in 2007 was accused of blocking access to certain file-sharing services like BitTorrent, and the FCC earlier this year opened up an investigation at the request of Washington-based interest group Free Press. The FCC found that Comcast's actions were in violation of its Internet policy statement. Comcast said Thursday that while it is "seeking review and reversal of the commission's network management order in federal court, we intend to comply fully with the requirements establi ...