Comcast Hires People Off The Street To Fill Seats At FCC Hearing

Courtesy Techdirt  Tue, 02/26/2008 - 17:22

We pretty much ignored yesterday's FCC hearing concerning Comcast's traffic shaping activities, as the whole thing seemed like a bit of grandstanding.

However, it's fairly stunning to find out that Comcast has admitted to hiring people off the street to fill seats at the hearing, blocking out many Comcast critics who were turned away once the room was full.

Comcast claims that they hired the people merely to act as placeholders for Comcast employees (since, apparently, Comcast employees...

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