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News Guide: FCC 'net neutrality' vote and what it means
2015-02-27 10:35:30| Telecom - Topix.net
The FCC has agreed to impose strict ne... . Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, center, and his wife Janet Hill, right, joins members of the audience in applauding at an open hearing at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26,... .
Net Neutrality Decision: What You Need to Know
2015-02-27 09:56:26| IT Services - Topix.net
Comedian John Oliver and the millions of people he unleashed on the FCC last summer have gotten what they wanted: a reclassification of Internet service as a public utility aimed at preventing providers from blocking, slowing, or speeding up certain content. The 3-to-2 Federal Communications Commission vote largely enshrines current practices of the major providers, such as Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon Communications, and as such probably won't hold any immediate effects for the average consumer.
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FCC approves new net neutrality rules
2015-02-27 08:47:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The US Federal Communications Commission has approved new net neutrality rules for internet service providers. After its previous 'Open Internet' rules were struck down twice on court appeal, the regulator proposed new, tougher rules, drawing on the existing regulation of fixed telephony and backing from US President Barack Obama. The new order notably reclassifies internet access as a telecommunications service, as defined under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. This gives the FCC greater authority to regulate internet providers. The new rules also ban paid prioritization, where a service provider can pay the network operator for preferred access to end-users, as well as prohibit blocking and throttling of lawful content and services. These rules will also apply to internet services over mobile networks. The FCC's authority also is extended to interconnection agreements between network and content providers, allowing it hear complaints and settle disputes.
Reactions to the FCC's net neutrality vote
2015-02-27 06:31:05| Telecom - Topix.net
As might be expected for an issue that's been so contentious, the Federal Communications Commission's vote Thursday to approve new net neutrality rules generated lots of reaction among consumers, companies and advocates of all stripes. Here's what net neutrality supporters had to say: "More than anything else, the action that you take today will preserve the ethos of permission-less innovation that's always been at the heart of the Internet."
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6 People Who Loathe the FCC's Net Neutrality Plan
2015-02-27 03:04:14| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The FCC OK'd its net neutrality rules, but not everyone believes the vote was a win for the Internet.
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