Comcast got into some hot water after it was uncovered that the cable company and broadband provider was blocking p2p service BitTorrent, among others. And now Comcast is being taken to court.
Hart is requesting that the court to force Comcast to stop interfering with traffic, and is trying to get this case to be certified as a class action lawsuit in the state of California.
This from the suit:
Defendants have disseminated and continues to disseminate advertising, that they know or should reasonably know is false and misleading. This conduct includes, but is not limited to, promoting and advertising the fast speeds that apply to the Service without limitation, when, in fact, Defendants severely limit the speed of the Service for certain applications.
It further includes Defendant's misrepresentations that their customers will enjoy "unfettered access" to all internet applications, when, in fact, Defendants not only fetter certain applications, but completely block them. Defendants know or reasonably should know that this advertising is false and misleading.
Comcast still has not offered up the specifics on how it handles traffic from p2p sites, and that makes the situation look even more questionable. Of course this ties in with the issues swimming around net neutrality. And thanks to this little shenanigan that Comcast has pulled, the company is now in knee-deep. See more on Comcast's troubles here.