Is this the first step towards a non neutral internet? From TPM:
Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally.Now this isn't exactly giving certain companies preferential treatment because they pay more, although I'm sure a lot of people in the music and movie industries are glad Comcast is doing this. It does seem like taking advantage of something that congress has yet to act on, and it's really only down hill from here (ask a Verizon user about how much you can trust telcos).
The interference, which The Associated Press confirmed through nationwide tests, is the most drastic example yet of data discrimination by a U.S. Internet service provider. It involves company computers masquerading as those of its users.