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[ NNSquad ] Why the White House is backing away from Net neutrality
----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 17:22:58 -0500 From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] Why the White House is backing away from Net neutrality Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: > From: dewayne@warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks) > Date: January 8, 2010 10:57:42 AM EST > To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy@warpspeed.com> > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Why the White House is backing away from Net > neutrality > > January 8, 2010 6:54 AM PST > Why the White House is backing away from Net neutrality > by Larry Downes > <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10430009-94.html> > > The Obama administration and its allies at the Federal Communications > Commission are retreating from a militant version of Net neutrality > regulations first outlined by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in > September. > That's my reading of a number of recent developments, underscored by > comments made by government speakers on a panel on the first day of a > Tech Policy Summit at CES in Las Vegas. > Genachowski had initially described his vision for the future role of > the FCC as a "smart cop on the beat preserving a free and open > Internet." Communications companies understood that to mean aggressive > and detailed enforcement of rules that would, among other things, > prohibit ISPs from offering premium, or "fast lane," services. > > Such services, which content providers could use to prioritize their > interactions with customers over the parts of the Internet controlled by > the ISPs, have yet to be offered. But the possibility that they would be > ignited a firestorm in 2007 that has grown hotter since the election of > President Obama, who proclaimed himself in favor of Net neutrality > regulation during the 2008 campaign. Early in his administration, Obama > appointed Genachowski, a longtime adviser, as the new head of the FCC. > Last fall, Genachowski proposed six Net neutrality rules and asked the > full commission to approve them. The proposed rules could be adopted as > early as spring. > But even as the commission concludes its collection of public comments > next week, both the White House and the FCC appear to be dialing back > their expectations. > > [snip] > > RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----