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FCC moving to require 'net neutrality' by providers
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Wed Sep 23 19:27:29 2009
FCC moving to require 'net neutrality' by providers
Sept. 21, 2009
By Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY
The federal government Monday plans to propose rules that would bar Internet service providers — phone, cable, satellite and wireless — from blocking or hobbling online services in any fashion.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will lay out his plan in a speech today at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., says Colin Crowell, Genachowski's senior counselor.
The FCC chief will propose a formal rulemaking, known as a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, or NPRM, and solicit comments from industry.
The proposal would block AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and other broadband providers from slowing or blocking services or content, such as TV shows, over the Internet. Blocking spam and performing security functions to protect networks still would be permitted.
The FCC's rules would not apply to Web content giants such as Google, or device makers such as Apple, which aren't regulated by the FCC.
Genachowski's move follows through on President Obama's campaign pledge last fall to support "net neutrality," which is the notion that all Web content should be treated fairly.
For rest of the article, see:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2009-09-20-fcc-neutrality-internet_N.htm
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