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Title: FCC asks whether to 'keep, modify, or eliminate' net neutrality rules Post by: HCK on May 01, 2017, 04:05:14 pm FCC asks whether to 'keep, modify, or eliminate' net neutrality rules
<article> <section class="page"> <p>A U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposal to scrap the foundation for its own 2015 net neutrality rules nevertheless asks for public comment on whether it should "keep, modify, or eliminate" basic protections.</p><p>FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's proposal, announced Wednesday (http://www.networkworld.com/article/3192710/internet/fcc-chairman-plans-to-reverse-the-mistake-of-net-neutrality.html#tk.twt_nww), would remove the FCC's two-year-old classification of broadband as a broadly regulated, telecom-like service. But the text of the plan (https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-344614A1.pdf), released Thursday, suggests the FCC will consider retaining some rules prohibiting broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing web-based content and services.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3193014/internet/fcc-asks-whether-to-keep-modify-or-eliminate-net-neutrality-rules.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: FCC asks whether to 'keep, modify, or eliminate' net neutrality rules (http://www.macworld.com/article/3193014/internet/fcc-asks-whether-to-keep-modify-or-eliminate-net-neutrality-rules.html#tk.rss_all) |