Vuze calls for FCC probe of Cox Cable traffic management

Vuze, the media company that petitioned the Federal Communications Commission for an investigation of Comcast's peer-to-peer throttling practices is on the warpath once more. This time Vuze has set its sights on Cox Cable, which has made itself a pretty obvious target with its announcement in late January that it will classify P2P traffic in Kansas and Arkansas as "Non-Time Sensitive," and thus "tolerant of delay." Did somebody say P2P? Vuze attorney Jay Monahan speaks about the throttling to Vuze users on his blog, saying, "That includes all bittorrent applications, including your Vuze application. We take that personally, and think you should too." Monahan has asked for "close scrutiny by the FCC of Cox's activities affecting peer-to-peer traffic." Vuze is a bit sensitive to these practices because practically all the streaming content that it delivers comes via the kind of apps Cox says it will deprioritize.