[ NNSquad ] FCC issues Final Rule on "Internet Freedom and Openness" ("Net Neutrality")

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

FCC issues Final Rule on "Internet Freedom and Openness" ("Net Neutrality")

http://j.mp/qig7On  ([local copy] Lauren's Blog [pdf])

    "This Report and Order establishes protections for broadband service to
     preserve and reinforce Internet freedom and openness.  The Commission
     adopts three basic protections that are grounded in broadly accepted
     Internet norms, as well as our own prior decisions.  First,
     transparency:  fixed and mobile broadband providers must disclose the
     network management practices, performance characteristics, and
     commercial terms of their broadband services.  Second, no blocking:
     fixed broadband providers may not block lawful content, applications,
     services, or non-harmful devices; mobile broadband providers may not
     block lawful websites, or block applications that compete with their
     voice or video telephony services.  Third, no unreasonable
     discrimination:  fixed broadband providers may not unreasonably
     discriminate in transmitting lawful network traffic."

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