Comcast still in hot water over BitTorrent allegations

Comcast’s recent attempts at reconciliation with the filesharing crowd have been hindered somewhat this week after three fresh lawsuits were filed against the company. This time, the lawsuits allege that Comcast deliberately misled customers by advertising completely unrestricted access to all of the Internet.

This is the latest in a series of complaints against Comcast, which has been accused of blocking traffic to BitTorrent services. It was confirmed that Comcast had been restricting BitTorrent traffic, but then after continually denying the allegations, Comcast came out and announced that it was partnering up with BitTorrent to ensure that traffic to BitTorrent was not hampered.

The latest complaints are attacking Comcast for not outlining that it would meddle with any traffic and not informing customers of its actions. The customers who have filed the complaints basically think that they paid for a service that wasn’t delivered.

We’ll keep you updated with case as we hear more about it.

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Posted on 9 June 2008 by Iownmymusic in Music downloads, News