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Few who follow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the history of its efforts to enshrine network neutrality rules into law were surprised yesterday when Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he would make public a proposal to deregulate broadband Internet access by “reclassifying” it as an information service under the Communications Act of 1934, Gigi Sohn reports on mashable.com.
But many expected the Chairman to at least propose retaining some of the rules that protect consumers and competition online, like a prohibition against broadband providers blocking or throttling online content and services, Sohn wrote.
After all, since 2002 FCC chairs of both parties believed that at a minimum, FCC policy should ensure that consumers are able to access the content, applications, and services of their choosing without interference by gatekeeping broadband providers, she added.
Not Pai. In doing away with the 2015 rules that prohibit broadband providers from discriminating against or favoring certain content, applications and services (that is, no blocking, no throttling, no fast lanes and a general rule against discrimination), Pai has radically departed from bipartisan FCC precedent. This opens the door for companies like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, and Charter to pick winners and losers on the Internet by controlling which online companies get faster and better quality of service and at what price, Sohn wrote.
For more, including how you can participate in the net neutrality discussion:
http://mashable.com/2017/11/22/net-neutrality-proposal-worse-than-you-think/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#i7hI2JG9hOqW
For more reports:
-- How the End of Net Neutrality will Change the Internet: https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/
-- FCC's Next Step in Net Neutrality: Blocking the States: https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-fccs-next-step-on-net-neutrality-blocki/f-0e00f51cd9%2Fpolitico.com
-- These are the Arguments Against Net Neutrality -- And Why They Are Wrong: https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-these-are-the-arguments-against-net-neu/f-466b3acfc1%2Ftechcrunch.com
-- How the FCC Can Save the Open Internet: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-fcc-can-save-the-open-internet-1511281099
-- Net Neutrality Can't Fix the Internet: https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-network-neutrality-cant-fix-the-interne/f-d3d450f989%2Ftheatlantic.com
Photos: Mashable, Ro Khanna
Demonstrating about net neutrality.
Few who follow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the history of its efforts to enshrine network neutrality rules into law were surprised yesterday when Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he would make public a proposal to deregulate broadband Internet access by “reclassifying” it as an information service under the Communications Act of 1934, Gigi Sohn reports on mashable.com.
But many expected the Chairman to at least propose retaining some of the rules that protect consumers and competition online, like a prohibition against broadband providers blocking or throttling online content and services, Sohn wrote.
After all, since 2002 FCC chairs of both parties believed that at a minimum, FCC policy should ensure that consumers are able to access the content, applications, and services of their choosing without interference by gatekeeping broadband providers, she added.
Not Pai. In doing away with the 2015 rules that prohibit broadband providers from discriminating against or favoring certain content, applications and services (that is, no blocking, no throttling, no fast lanes and a general rule against discrimination), Pai has radically departed from bipartisan FCC precedent. This opens the door for companies like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, and Charter to pick winners and losers on the Internet by controlling which online companies get faster and better quality of service and at what price, Sohn wrote.
For more, including how you can participate in the net neutrality discussion:
http://mashable.com/2017/11/22/net-neutrality-proposal-worse-than-you-think/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#i7hI2JG9hOqW
Congressman Ro Khanna's view of proposed Internet changes.
For more reports:
-- How the End of Net Neutrality will Change the Internet: https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-the-end-of-net-neutrality-will-change-the-internet/
-- FCC's Next Step in Net Neutrality: Blocking the States: https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-fccs-next-step-on-net-neutrality-blocki/f-0e00f51cd9%2Fpolitico.com
-- These are the Arguments Against Net Neutrality -- And Why They Are Wrong: https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-these-are-the-arguments-against-net-neu/f-466b3acfc1%2Ftechcrunch.com
-- How the FCC Can Save the Open Internet: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-fcc-can-save-the-open-internet-1511281099
-- Net Neutrality Can't Fix the Internet: https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-network-neutrality-cant-fix-the-interne/f-d3d450f989%2Ftheatlantic.com
Photos: Mashable, Ro Khanna
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