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[nlinecomputers]

Net neutrality wins: the FCC will propose strong Title II regulation
'The internet must be fast, fair, and open.'

Today, in a statement given to Wired, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler revealed his plan to reclassify ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Telcommunications Act. It's a striking victory for net neutrality advocates who have been fighting for years to solidify internet protections using Title II authority — and it's the first time the FCC has shown enough backbone to draw a line in the sand against companies like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon, who are sure to fight viciously in courts to reverse this action.

Read the rest here: http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/4/79...-seek-to-reclassify-the-internet-as-a-utility

 

[ohio_grad_06]

I'm a republican, but I do agree with net neutrality. Good job for the FCC. I wonder too, if things like this would help to later on require the companies to run cabling further out into rural areas. My parents for example are waiting for cable internet/tv because there is a run a less than a mile from them. But how many don't have high speed internet? Seems like in college I remember learning when the FCC put rules in place to classify it like a utility on the phone systems, it required companies to do that with telephone wire.

 

[mr m]

Good. The Web was founded by our tax dollars and private corporations do not own it and should not be able to dictate its use.