Organizer Disputes Comcast Over Hearing
February 27, 2008 By MARK JEWELL, AP Business Writer
A Harvard University police officer stands on the steps leading to the Ames Courtroom after it was closed due to overcrowding during a Federal Communication Commission Hearing at the Harvard University Law School in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, Feb. 25, 2008. People wishing to attend the hearing congregate at the bottom of the steps waiting an opportunity to gain access. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
(AP) -- The organizer of a federal hearing at Harvard Law School on Comcast Corp.'s treatment of subscriber Internet traffic on Wednesday said "seat-warmers" apparently hired by the company prevented other attendees from getting in.
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