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[ NNSquad ] USA Today calls for reclassification of broadband Internet as common carrier
USA Today calls for reclassification of broadband Internet as common carrier
http://j.mp/1cFtqGE (USA Today)
"But this is something different. This is entrenched providers
cherry-picking the parts of the Internet that generate large amounts
of revenue and imposing themselves as toll collectors on the
information superhighway. By forcing content providers into bidding
wars for preferred access on limited pipelines, they would drive up
costs to consumers while turning the Internet into something more like
cable television and less like the ingenious open platform that it has
been. Fights like the one that has prompted DirecTV to dump The
Weather Channel could become more commonplace. There is a simple way
to prevent this. The court clearly stated that the FCC could continue
its net-neutrality policies if it reverses its decision from the 1990s
to not treat broadband as a common carrier, as it had with traditional
telephone service. That decision, which looks hopelessly naive in
retrospect, was based on a belief that the broadband industry would be
much more competitive than it has turned out. In large swaths of the
country, consumers have no more than one viable option."
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
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