FCC poised to punish Comcast over Web blocking

July 26, 2008 By JOHN DUNBAR , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic, an agency official said Friday.

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