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FCC chairman proposes strong new 'net neutrality' rules
2015-02-04 22:49:37| Wireless - Topix.net
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday announced that he is proposing strong new rules that would bar Internet and wireless providers from blocking, slowing or discriminating against consumers' access to particular websites and services. In an op-ed for Wired.com , Tom Wheeler said the new rules are intended to "preserve the Internet as an open platform for innovation and free expression."
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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Finally Reveals His Net Neutrality Plan
2015-02-04 20:39:46| Wireless - Topix.net
After months of speculation, heated debate and protest from Internet consumers, providers and regulators from President Obama on down, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on Wednesday finally announced his intentions to reclassify and regulate the Internet as a public utility to ensure net neutrality. Wheeler outlined his intentions to reclassify and regulate broadband, wired and wireless Internet service providers as public utilities under a modernized interpretation of the 1996 Telecommunications Act in a Wednesday Wired op-ed .
U.S. FCC chairman reveals latest net neutrality proposal
2015-02-04 20:03:38| Telecom - Topix.net
The top U.S. communications regulator on Wednesday confirmed expectations by proposing new "net neutrality" regulations that would treat Internet service providers more like public utilities, an approach endorsed by President Barack Obama. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, in an op-ed published on Wired.com, said he aims to establish the "strongest open Internet protections ever proposed by the FCC" that would apply, for the first time, to both wireless and wired broadband providers.
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U.S. FCC chairman reveals latest net neutrality proposal
2015-02-04 19:12:23| IT Services - Topix.net
The top U.S. communications regulator on Wednesday confirmed expectations by proposing new "net neutrality" regulations that would treat Internet service providers more like public utilities, an approach endorsed by President Barack Obama. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, in an op-ed published on Wired.com, said he aims to establish the "strongest open Internet protections ever proposed by the FCC" that would apply, for the first time, to both wireless and wired broadband providers.
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US watchdog to defend net neutrality
2015-02-04 18:11:28| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The chairman of the US's communications watchdog intends to defend the principles of net neutrality by treating net providers as utilities.
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