Tweet The FCC’s mission of promoting Internet neutrality suffered a significant setback yesterday when the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled in Comcast Corp. v. Federal Communication Commission that the FCC lacked authority to prohibit Internet service providers from monitoring and restricting their subscribers’ use of certain peer-to-peer applications. The controversy arose in 2007 after Comcast …
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Sep 22
FCC Proposes “Net Neutrality” Rule
Tweet Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski is proposing to make it a formal rule that Internet service providers and wireless carriers cannot discriminate against certain types of traffic (e.g., file sharing or gaming) by degrading service. The proposal, if made effective, may force US phone companies to open their wireless networks to rival internet services …
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