Legal Trouble For Multiple ISPs
Ars Technica reports that Comcast has been hit with three new class-action lawsuits due to the company’s traffic-shaping practices. “The lawsuits … ask that Comcast be barred from continuing to violate various state laws, in addition to unspecified damages.” Meanwhile, members of the US House Telecommunications Subcommittee have asked Charter Communications’ president to stop testing a program which uses Deep Packet Inspection to track the habits of its customers. A number of privacy groups have voiced their support (PDF). As if that weren’t enough, it seems the City of Los Angeles is suing Time Warner for fraud and deceptive business practices. The Daily News notes, “… the City Attorney is seeking $2,500 in civil penalties for each violation of the Unfair Competition law as well as an additional $2,500 civil penalty for each violation described in the complaint perpetrated against one or more senior citizens or disabled persons.”
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