As we mentioned this morning, Comcast will be changing their traffic shaping practices. As already noted, it's too early to tell if Comcast's new practices will be any better than the old ones, or if Comcast plans to be any more forthcoming with its customers. One thing's clear: FCC boss Kevin Martin isn't particularly impressed. In a statement (pdf) released this afternoon, Martin had this to say about Comcast's supposed "protocol agnostic" epiphany:FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, who recently told rural America that the FCC's inaccurate data says they don't actually have a broadband problem, was far less critical. He was, in fact, "delighted" with Comcast and took the opportunity to wax poetic on the luminous brilliance of the free market -- even though it was the threat of regulation that partially forced Comcast's hand. Other Commissioners took a wait and see position.

Perhaps Comcast will expand on their plans at the upcoming April 17 hearing in Stanford, but it's pretty clear that a single, vague press release (or Q&A sessions with Comcast lawyers where nothing is actually said) aren't going to get the FCC boss off the cable giant's back.