It’s here: FCC adopts
net neutrality, first significant Internet regulation
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[February 27, 2015]
By Yaël Ossowski
Watched by leagues of passionate
activists on both sides, the Federal Communications Commission today
passed its first significant Internet regulation by reclassifying it
as a Title II public utility, known as net neutrality.
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“The American people reasonably expect and deserve an Internet that is fast,
fair and open,” said Wheeler at the commission hearing. “Today they get what
they deserve: strong, enforceable rules that will ensure the Internet remains
open, now and in the future.”
The rules agreed upon by three of the five FCC commissioners are intended to
curb the influence of larger Internet service providers from implementing higher
speed tariffs for certain customers and blocking certain content.
This is marked as the first significant set of rules to be placed on the
Internet, which thus far has been able to escape legislation from Congress.
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‘NO': FCC commissioner Ajit Pai criticized the agency for not uploading the
document online for citizens to read.
Exactly what it will mean for consumers in the long term is uncertain, however,
as the plan has yet to be released to the public.
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai voted against the plan and has chided his colleagues
for not releasing the plan for people to read.
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“Here is Pres. Obama’s revised 317-page plan to regulate the
Internet. The public still can’t see it. I’m voting no,” Pai tweeted
yesterday.
The FCC has labeled this regulation “strong, sustainable rules to
protect the open Internet,” according to its website.
“This is a big deal,” said commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel in her
statement. “The result honors the creative, collaborative, and open
Internet envisioned by those who were there at the start, including
the legendary Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide
Web—whom we have had the privilege of hearing from today.”
[This
article courtesy of
Watchdog.]
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