Earlier this month, FCC Chief Kevin Martin announced that he believes Comcast should be punished for the actions that they have taken to throttle P2P traffic. That punishment is pending agreement from the other FCC commissioners which won’t be official until August 1st. However, rumors indicate that a majority of the members intend to vote in favor of punishing the company.

Even if punishment is approved when the official vote is announced, the result will probably not be too damaging to Comcast – a slap on the wrist and the requirement that they make changes they’ve already agreed to make (more consumer disclosure about network management practices, for example). But the decision would set precedent and could have a more widespread impact on future violations.