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FCC Sets Sail on Internet Rulemaking
Jeff Baumgartner
Cable
Digital News Analysis
Friday, Oct 23rd, 2009
When it comes to proposed rules of the road governing
the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has
agreed to disagree.
This morning, the FCC unanimously approved a draft set of network
neutrality rules aimed at "preserving a free and open Internet,"
but the two Republican commissioners dissented in part, because
they aren't entirely convinced that the Internet is broken nor
that the government is best cast in the role of Mr. Fix-It.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) will focus on six
core "principles." The FCC established the first four
in 2005 when it issued a net neutrality Policy Statement saying
network operators can't prevent users from accessing lawful
Internet content. The statement also says consumers can attach
"non-harmful" devices to an ISP network.
The two new principles are: non-discrimination (to ensure that
service providers "cannot block or degrade lawful traffic
over their networks") and transparency (a rule that will
require broadband ISPs to fully disclose how they are managing
their broadband networks and how those techniques could affect
customers). (See FCC Chairman Pushes for Net Neutrality Rules
.)
The FCC stressed that the proposal allows broadband service
providers to use "reasonable network management techniques,"
but the final rules will help determine what will and won't
be allowed.
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