Comcast Asks FCC To Dismiss Zoom Complaint

Comcast has filed a motion with the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss the complaint against the company filed by modem maker Zoom Telephonics.

Zoom alleges that Comcast's process for testing cable modems it allows to connect to the network was an "unreasonable, irrelevant, time-consuming and costly regime." Zoom argues that the process is not about preventing harm to Comcast's network. Instead, said Zoom, it is about discouraging retail sales of modems in competition to Comcast's leased equipment. Comcast says that Zoom's complaint suffers from core procedural flaws that should deep-six it before any weight of its merits: Comcast says Zoom failed to meet the requirements that its information be accurate and complete, that it outline the steps taken to resolve the problem before bringing it to the FCC, and that there is a "duty of candor" that Zoom has failed to meet by not providing relevant correspondence about Comcast's explanation of its testing procedures, as well as Comcast's offer of what it calls a "rapid path to self-certify its modem at no additional charge."