Comcast’s discriminatory practices against peer-to-peer traffic are so blatant and nefarious, even AT&T and Verizon – no friends of Network Neutrality – think the cable giant has gone over the line.

The companies have publicly lambasted Comcast for its behavior, and are calling on the FCC to take action. Tom Tauke, executive vice president of public affairs and policy for Verizon, said, “It’s in the best interest of the industry for the FCC to make a judgment on the Comcast/BitTorrent case.”

The case against Comcast is easy and straightforward, and even industry groups agree that one of their own should be reprimanded. So why hasn’t the FCC acted already?

The FCC has rules against discriminatory practices, and they should be enforced quickly. Kudos to the FCC for doing field hearings to ask the public for input on Internet policy. Now the case has been made – it’s time to act. There’s not a moment to lose, since Comcast is still discriminating, and the public is suffering the consequences.

It’s no big conundrum, and AT&T and Verizon agree – the FCC must impose their anti-discrimination rules now.

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