When I read of the recent action by the FCC against Comcast, I see another step forward in this road of the legal grasping towards some definition of Network Neutrality. We need vigilance though, as it has mostly asked questions and is still in a motion of allowing the market to define it for them.

The action did demonstrate the FCC is paying attention and is noticing the network management practices of Comcast as decidely un-neutral. Yet, they are only asking for Comcast to explain their "discriminatory network management" practices to their customers and to the FCC.

Comcasts has already responded and says they are going to switch to a "protocol agnostic" way of managing their network by the fall. Excuse me, but there is no way Comcast is going to roll in their proprietary services (phone, video, etc) into a protocol agnostic approach. They'll continue to give network priority (aka Quality of Service) to their internal services while limiting traffic speed for every other form of open internet communication based on their new "agnostic" technique.

It will all be nicely presented to the customer with a flashy price tag of $35/month for 10mbps speeds! (*super small type after a six page terms and "privacy" policy and you see it say:... Comcast will manage its network to achieve optimal performance for all customers. Your actual internet bandwidth may decrease to 250kbps during times of heavy traffic to ensure quality of service for all our services and customers.). It all amounts still to Comcast advertising something they are not offering and taking advantage of their last mile access to try to dominate the content and communication distribution markets.

So, keep your eyes open, there's still lots more to play out in this stand for neutral internet!