Comcast net neutrality disclosure deadline looms

The deadline is nearing for Comcast to comply with the FCC's order to disclose its Internet bandwidth management techniques.  

The order stemmed from a challenge to Comcast's methods of dealing with the bandwidth-intensive trend of customers downloading movies over the Internet.  The complaint challenging Comcast was filed by two D.C.-based advocacy groups.

Under the FCC order, Comcast was given "30 days [from Aug. 20] to disclose how it has been managing Internet traffic, its plans for switching to a nondiscriminatory method of traffic management, and the details of the new traffic management system it plans to employ."

This FCC ruling is important to those who are follow the development of "Net neutrality" principles.

Comcast gets 30 days to explain its Internet policies