F.C.C. Poised to Pass Net Neutrality Order
By BRIAN STELTER
NYT
6:42 p.m. | Updated The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission appears to have the votes he needs to pass new rules for net neutrality.
Net neutrality — which broadly speaking is an effort to ensure open access to Web sites and online services — is on the agenda of an F.C.C. meeting Tuesday in Washington. The F.C.C.’s chairman, Julius Genachowski, outlined a framework for net neutrality earlier this month, touching off a debate about the role of the government in regulating Internet access.
As it stands now, the order would prohibit the blocking of any Web sites, applications or devices by fixed-line broadband Internet providers like Comcast and EarthLink, essentially forbidding the providers from picking winners and losers on behalf of consumers, F.C.C. officials said Monday.
The F.C.C. officials also said that the order would broaden the government’s enforcement powers over broadband. They spoke only on condition of anonymity ahead of Tuesday’s meeting on the matter. The F.C.C. order has not been made public.
(More here.)
NYT
6:42 p.m. | Updated The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission appears to have the votes he needs to pass new rules for net neutrality.
Net neutrality — which broadly speaking is an effort to ensure open access to Web sites and online services — is on the agenda of an F.C.C. meeting Tuesday in Washington. The F.C.C.’s chairman, Julius Genachowski, outlined a framework for net neutrality earlier this month, touching off a debate about the role of the government in regulating Internet access.
As it stands now, the order would prohibit the blocking of any Web sites, applications or devices by fixed-line broadband Internet providers like Comcast and EarthLink, essentially forbidding the providers from picking winners and losers on behalf of consumers, F.C.C. officials said Monday.
The F.C.C. officials also said that the order would broaden the government’s enforcement powers over broadband. They spoke only on condition of anonymity ahead of Tuesday’s meeting on the matter. The F.C.C. order has not been made public.
(More here.)
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2 Comments:
I guess the FCC doesn't like it that sites like this don't carry the any of the liberal progressive message...Does that mean BB will have to start lying too? (Just when you thought you could find the trutht about something and the govt. goes and screws it up...hmm...there's a message in there somewhere...)
Craig Aaron, the managing director of one such group, Free Press, said “these rules appear to be flush with giant loopholes, and the FCC chairman seems far more concerned with winning the endorsement of AT&T and the cable lobbyists than with listening to the millions of Americans who have pleaded with him to fix his proposal.”
Well, maybe if Mr. Aaron had sent
Georgetown Cupcakes as AT&T did … look at the list … 63 separate FCC offices and departments … check the list as it details telephone numbers to make sure the “right” person got the “goodies” … just a measly, $3,700.
As former Commissioner James Quello once said, “If you can’t eat their food and drink their booze and still vote against them, you shouldn’t have this job.” … well, you can also eat their food and vote WITH THEM.
Senator Franken deserves some credit for standing up for this … once again another “weak” protection for the consumer while Big Business grows in influence.
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