From the link: There is one aspect of Friday's FCC ruling, however, that seriously troubles us. Consider how the FCC got here. In 2005, without any authority o

From the link: There is one aspect of Friday's FCC ruling, however, that seriously troubles us. Consider how the FCC got here. In 2005, without any authority or guidance from Congress, the FCC announced a "policy statement." Now, in 2008, it decided that it has the power to enforce the policy statement and announced an "enforcement framework" that will be applied to future complaints. Again, all this without authority or guidance from Congress. As Commissioner McDowell put it in his dissent from the Comcast order, "Under the analysis set forth in the order, the Commission apparently can do anything [to regulate the Internet] so long as it frames its actions in terms of promoting the Internet or broadband deployment." Can the FCC be trusted with that kind of power? Remember, historically, the FCC has been subject to "regulatory capture" -- in other words, over time, they end up doing the bidding of the very telecom giants they are supposed to be regulating. Way to establish precedent, guys. :/ From the FCC's press release (PDF linked inside eff.org page): Ruling on a complaint by Free Press and Public Knowledge as well as a petition for declaratory ruling, the Commission concluded that Comcast has unduly interfered with Internet users’ right to access the lawful Internet content and to use the applications of their choice. Specifically, the Commission found that Comcast had deployed equipment throughout its network to monitor the content of its customers’ Internet connections and selectively block specific types of connections known as peer-to-peer connections. I'm concerned that this gives AT&T, et al. everything they need to effectively lobby the branches of government that _should_ be making laws of this type and say "See! This Network Neutrality thing is preventing us from managing our bandwidth and saving us (and our customers) money!" I'm not very comfortable with this ruling in that regard. Disclosure: I have a financial interest such as employment, contracting or stock in a company that is involved with the technology in question. Unfortunately I am not comfortable revealing who or what the relationship is because they're not public about their role in this matter.