Groups Seek Stop to Comcast Net Meddling

November 1, 2007 By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- A coalition of consumer groups and legal scholars on Thursday formally asked the Federal Communications Commission to stop Comcast Corp. from interfering with file sharing by its Internet subscribers.

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