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PerryNZ

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#73827 23-Dec-2010 09:57

FCC Set To Enact New Net Neutrality Rules

by Cecilia Kang
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 21, 2010; 2:03 AM

Federal regulators are poised to enact controversial new rules affecting Internet access, marking the government's strongest move yet to ensure that Facebook updates, Google searches and Skype calls reach consumers' homes unimpeded.

Under the regulations, companies that carry the Internet into American homes would not be allowed to block Web sites that offer rival services, nor would they be permitted to play favourites by dividing delivery of Internet content into fast and slow lanes.

Ragnor

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#420880 23-Dec-2010 10:06

Read and weep

If you want to know what the fcc's rules on internet openness are you need to file a freedom of information act request
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101221/12524412366/irony-if-you-want-to-know-what-fccs-rules-inte...

As Expected, FCC Approving Net Neutrality Rules That AT&T Wants/Wrote
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101220/22311012351/as-expected-fcc-approving-net-neutrality-rules...

PerryNZ

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#420882 23-Dec-2010 10:11

FCC Net Neutrality Rules Slammed From All Sides

The federal government’s new internet fairness policy — designed to prevent the nation’s cable and DSL internet service providers from meddling with the open, free-wheeling nature of the internet — was met with boisterous criticism Monday night from all sides of the political spectrum.

Republicans, including FCC commissioner Robert McDowell, blasted the new rules as an interventionist over-reach by an activist federal regulator intent on asserting control over the internet.

Democrats, including Sen. Al Franken from Minnesota, along with public interest and free speech groups, slammed the rules as woefully inadequate to protect the public from the predations of an industry keen on turning the internet into a cyber-version of cable TV, with tiers and premium packages affordable by the wealthy.

There was one group, however, which seemed content with the new rules: the nation’s cable and telecommunications companies, including AT&T, Comcast and Verizon. They’ve been making the rounds in recent weeks signalling their support for Chairman Julius Genachowski’s compromise deal.

And of course, the new rules allow President Obama to say that he fulfilled a key campaign pledge — net neutrality — when the plan’s critics say he has done nothing of the sort, and in fact only consigned the issue to more lawsuits and uncertainty.

PerryNZ

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#420885 23-Dec-2010 10:13

More critique . . .

Half a loaf: the FCC's Weak Rule on Net Neutrality