Net Neutrality

Comcast Tower Comcast plans to raise its broadband cap to 300 GB per month as it trials two new ways to deal with managing traffic on its network, the nation’s largest cable operator said in a blog post today. The move is a welcome one for those who have hit the existing 250 GB cap, but [...]

Comcast network and operations VP, Tony Werner, has responded to Minnesota senator Al Franken’s request to investigate the company for questionable net neutrality practices. According to Werner, Comcast is not prioritizing Xfinity traffic — the company’s IP television service — which is the heart of the debate. … TechSpot Article source: http://www.origal.com/comcast-investigated-over-net-neutrality-denies-xfinity-favoritism/

In a post on the official Comcast blog, Tony Werner (Executive Vice President Chief Technology Officer, in Network and Operations) says that his company’s video-on-demand service on Xbox Live, Xfinity, in no way violates net neutrality rules. In fact, he claims, the service is not an Internet service at all but a cable service served [...]

Ever since Comcast unveiled its VOD service on the Xbox, it’s come under criticism from those who believe the service violates the spirit of net neutrality, not to mention also violating some of the FCC’s conditions on its big NBC Universal deal from last year. After weeks of staying out of the discussion, the top [...]

Comcast has responded to allegations that it privileges content for its Xfinity app for the Xbox 360 over competitors like Netflix, claiming that it does not prioritize its own content and that it is in compliance with the FCC’s open internet principles. Comcast says that the Xbox 360 “essentially acts as an additional cable box [...]