We've certainly levied more than our fair share of criticism at Comcast over the years, but late yesterday the cable giant took one hell of a beating for doing, well, absolutely nothing. It began when Slashdot posted a story saying that Comcast had imposed a new throttling system. Comcast actually hadn't -- the story Slashdot linked to was nearly a year old and explored a throttling system Comcast implemented almost a year ago.

No matter, apparently. Neither Slashdot or its readers noticed. Neither did other blogs. The blog entry was quickly picked up by Engadget, whose commenters unleashed a wave of vitriol at the cable company that would make a Marine with Tourette syndrome blush. "Get bent Comcast!" yelled one user. "I think everyone in America should get to crap on the CEO of Comcast's head!" charmingly opined a reader. "What a horrible company," decried another. "I will be canceling you ASAP!" insisted one Comcast customer.

It's ironic, given that last customer has actually been living under Comcast's new throttling system for more than a year and ha