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[http://www.comcast.com/about/pressrelease/pressreleasedetail.ashx?SCRedirect=true&PRID=1038 Comcast and GE Complete Transaction to Form NBCUniversal, LLC]</ref> | [http://www.comcast.com/about/pressrelease/pressreleasedetail.ashx?SCRedirect=true&PRID=1038 Comcast and GE Complete Transaction to Form NBCUniversal, LLC]</ref> | ||
==Complaints on the Issue of Network Neutrality== | |||
In 2007, Vuze, a video distribution company using BitTorrent peer to peer technology filed a complaint with FCC against Comcast for allegedly violating the network neutrality principles by throttling network traffic.<ref> | In 2007, Vuze, a video distribution company using BitTorrent peer to peer technology filed a complaint with FCC against Comcast for allegedly violating the network neutrality principles by throttling network traffic.<ref> | ||
[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Vuze-Complains-Comcast-Violating-Net-Neutrality/ Vuze Complains Comcast Violating Net Neutrality]</ref> A similar complaint was filed by advocacy groups and legal scholars from Yale, Harvard and Stanford universities. According to the complainants, Comcast reduced the ability of subscribers to access legal contents by blocking BitTorrent, Gnutella and Lotus Notes. They requested FCC to issue to issue a temporary injunction to stop Comcast from degrading applications. In addition the complainants said, Upon deciding the merits, the Commission should issue a permanent injunction ending Comcast's discrimination." Furthermore, Free Press and Public Knowledge also filed a complaint against Comcast and requested FCC to issue a $195,000 fine per subscriber.<ref> | [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Vuze-Complains-Comcast-Violating-Net-Neutrality/ Vuze Complains Comcast Violating Net Neutrality]</ref> A similar complaint was filed by advocacy groups and legal scholars from Yale, Harvard and Stanford universities. According to the complainants, Comcast reduced the ability of subscribers to access legal contents by blocking BitTorrent, Gnutella and Lotus Notes. They requested FCC to issue to issue a temporary injunction to stop Comcast from degrading applications. In addition the complainants said, Upon deciding the merits, the Commission should issue a permanent injunction ending Comcast's discrimination." Furthermore, Free Press and Public Knowledge also filed a complaint against Comcast and requested FCC to issue a $195,000 fine per subscriber.<ref> | ||