Sen. Hutchison Vows to Block FCC's New Push for Net Neutrality
Submitted by bobbyw24 on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 07:10A U.S. regulator capped a year of debate and set a vote on rules to bar Internet-service providers led by AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. from interfering with subscribers’ Web traffic.
The rules, which aim to prohibit companies that provide Internet access to consumers from blocking or slowing access to lawful content and applications, “would ensure that the Internet remains a powerful platform for innovation and job creation,” Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a speech today in Washington.
In an agenda released at midnight, he set Dec. 21 for a vote on the proposal, known as net neutrality.
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, the top Republican on the Commerce Committee, which oversees telecommunications policy, vowed today to block the proposal. “Chairman Genachowski needs to stand down from his plans to impose onerous net neutrality
restrictions,” she said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-01/net-neutrality-vote...
According to The Hill, which
According to The Hill, which obtained a copy of the FCC’s tentative December agenda just after midnight on Wednesday, the FCC will discuss “adopting basic rules of the road to preserve the open Internet as a platform for innovation, investment, competition, and free expression.” Afterward, the commission will take a vote on whether to regulate the Internet based on four core principles.
“These rules would protect consumers’ and innovators’ right to know basic information about broadband service, right to send and receive lawful Internet traffic, and right to a level playing field, while providing broadband Internet access providers with the flexibility to reasonably manage their networks,” the agenda announcement reads.
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FCC softens proposal to regulate Internet
Agency modifies strategy after political backlash
By Jeffry Bartash, MarketWatch
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday said it will proceed with plans to protect the Internet from interference, but the agency scaled back its goals in the face of stiff political resistance.
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