FCC, Comcast, and Net neutrality


	FCC, Comcast, and Net neutrality

thinboy00

1-13-2008 12:10 AM

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internet, law, computers, bittorrent

thinboy00 says:

Finally, FCC looks at Comcast! Yay net neutrality!
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