Video: FCC Votes to Start Net Neutrality Rule-making Process

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The FCC voted unanimously today to start a net neutrality rule-making process.
Read the FCC’s Notice on Proposed Rulemaking for Net Neutrality.
From Information Week:
“Today we do disagree on substance,” said commissioner Robert McDowell, the ranking Republican on the commission. “I do not share the majority’s view that the Internet is showing breaks and cracks, nor do I believe that the government is the best tool to fix it. I also disagree with the premise that the Commission has the legal authority to regulate Internet network management as proposed.”

McDowell said the Internet may be the “greatest deregulatory success story of all time.”

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  1. CBC News – October 21, 2009 4:47 PM

    The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issues net neutrality rules.

    Big telecommunications companies, such as Bell and Rogers, can interfere with internet traffic, only as a last resort, the CRTC says. Instead, they should use “economic measures” such as new investment and usage limits to combat congestion on their networks.

    Ruling provokes mixed reactions

    The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, a consumer watchdog group, said the CRTC’s framework is a big loss for internet users. The framework is not binding and leaves decisions as to whether economic or technical measures are required up to ISPs.

    “It approves all of the throttling practices that ISPs currently engage in,” said John Lawford, counsel for the centre. “It requires consumers to prove something funny is going on and consumers don’t have the means to figure out what ISPs are doing and they don’t have the resources to bring that to the commission’s attention.

    “There’s a lot of fine-grained double-speak here. There is no requirement for any of it.”

    read more… http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=22353199

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