After the Federal Communications Commission concluded during the August 1 meeting that Comcast's network management practices violated federal policies by interfering with customers' use of peer-to-peer applications, the cable operator still doesn't find anything wrong with it practices, and is disappointed by the decision.

Sena Fitzmaurice said in a Comcast statement that their practices are consistent with industry practices, and that they did not block access to Web sites or online applications, including peer-to-peer services.

“We are gratified that the Commission did not find any conduct by Comcast that justified a fine and that the deadline established in order is the same self-imposed deadline that we announced four months ago,” Fitzmaurice added.

Furthermore, Comcast said they are considering all their legal options, and that the Commission's Order will raise “significant due process concerns” as well as “a variety of substantive legal questions.”

The Federal Communications Commission said their investigation on Comcast revealed discriminatory practices among applications, and peer-to-peer interference driven by anticompetitive motives. “Consumers demand, and deserve, better,” said FCC Chairman Kevin Martin.

Comcast started a huge controversy last year, when the Federal Communications Commission received a complaint regarding unfair bandwidth policy by altering peer-to-peer connections. The company’s explanation was very simple: some broadband users utilize immense amounts of bandwidth which overwhelm the network capacity and threaten to harm the online experience of other users.

However, Federal Communications Commission’s investigation on Comcast’s Internet practices revealed that in fact, the company used an equipment that affected a large part of the Internet subscribers, even when the network was not congested.

Comcast must now submit to the Commission's Order, and has 30 days to disclose details of its network management practices, submit a compliance plan describing how it intends to put a stop to these practices, and disclose to customers and the Commission the network management practices that will replace the existing ones.