RCN P2P settlement: ISP can throttle away starting November 1

Starting November 1, Internet service provider RCN can resume its discriminatory traffic management policies against peer-to-peer protocols -- so long as it offers advance notice to customers.

Many of those involved in the debate over network neutrality appear to believe that ISPs simply don't engage in widespread traffic discrimination, and that the only possible example net neutrality supporters can dredge up involve Comcast and Madison River. Judging by their filings to the FCC, many DC lobbyists subscribe to this view. In fact, numerous class action lawsuits over traffic management have been filed against American ISPs over the last several years.