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Internet Association plans legal appeal against FCC net neutrality decision

2018-01-08 08:42:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The Internet Association announced plans to participate in a legal appeal against the recently approved net neutrality changes at the FCC. The association said the FCC's 'Restoring Internet Freedom Order' "will gut net neutrality protections for consumers, startups, and other stakeholders". 

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GOP Senator: Net Neutrality 'Jeopardizes' Open Internet

2015-03-19 17:03:32| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said the FCC's new net neutrality rules have "the exact opposite" effect on protecting an open Internet.

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Obama urges FCC to adopt strong net neutrality rules, ban internet fast lanes

2014-11-10 18:45:46| Extremetech

President Obama, at long last, has come out in defense of net neutrality. In a short statement (video below), he urges the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt "the strongest possible rules" to protect net neutrality, and to finally reclassify internet providers as common carriers under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. Ultimately, the FCC is an independent agency that Obama can't directly affect -- but presumably Obama is praying that his protestations, plus the 3.7 million other people who have submitted comments over the FCC's net neutrality plans, will be enough to turn the tide.

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Reclassify Internet providers for 'net neutrality': NY Times

2014-08-15 09:47:30| Telecom - Topix.net

U.S. regulators' new "net neutrality" rules should classify Internet providers more like public utilities to prevent them from potentially slowing users' access to some Web content, the New York Times said in an editorial in Thursday's newspaper.

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FCC votes on net neutrality today: Internet fast lanes here we come, unless we do something about it

2014-05-15 14:39:13| Extremetech

Later today, Thursday, the US's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on a new net-neutrality Open Internet proposal. This proposal (which still hasn't been publicly released) was originally full of language that would allow ISPs to set up internet "fast lanes," forcing service providers (such as Netflix or Skype) to pay for traffic priority -- a barbed dagger in the heart of net neutrality. Where does this leave the internet and net neutrality? Is there anything we can do to stop the FCC and its kowtow to capitalism?

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