The Internet service provider, Comcast found itself the point of intense questioning during a summit that was held at Harvard Law School on Tuesday. The Internet provider is being scrutinized for its practice of delaying customer point to point, or PSP traffic.;

Cambridge, Massachusetts - The Internet service provider, Comcast found itself the point of intense questioning during a summit that was held at Harvard Law School on Tuesday. The Internet provider is being scrutinized for its practice of delaying customer point to point, or PSP traffic.

Comcast says that the practice is common, and necessary to regulate the way that bandwidth is applied and distributed. It claims that it provides a disclaimer, which every customer is required to sign. In its testimony before the FCC panel of commissioners on Tuesday, Comcast says that they ask customers to sign a statement that says: “Comcast may on occasion delay or temporarily slow P2P traffic if such traffic will have an adverse affect.”

The whole issue is whether or not an Internet Service Provider is within their rights to control network traffic including spoofing or “pretending” to be user computers on their own networks, in order to speed or slow bandwidth traffic.

The public outcry was huge when the slowing technique was first revealed in recent months. The amount of controversy has led to the FCC commissioners examining the subject, and led to the testimony in the case being examined by the FCC in Cambridge.

Comcast was vehement to defend its practices and tactics, both in prior statements and also before the FCC inquiry. It claims that their actions are in the customer’s best interest for a quality Internet experience.