FCC Chairman Kevin Martin announced at a press conference this afternoon that he will introduce a measure to the FCC requiring Comcast to stop blocking or otherwise limiting torrent use on their network.
Martin’s order comes as a result of a year-long investigation into Comcast’s practices, something the cable giant has claimed was well withing its right as a service provider to do. The company admitted to temporarily blocking torrent traffic as a means of network management, but Martin claims the blocking interferes with people’s ability to use torrents for legal means.
The order will go up for a vote before the FCC’s four commissioners August 1 and is expected to pass. The order finds Comcast guilty but will impose no fines.
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