Verizon and Google want to exempt wireless networks from rules
Imagine an Internet for which consumers paid a low price for basic service and higher prices for add-ons like 3D video. Or imagine if Comcast (CMCSA), now seeking approval to acquire NBC Universal, allowed its customers to download Universal movies at superfast speeds, while relegating the latest Harry Potter film from rival Time Warner (TWX) to the slow lane.
Open-Internet advocates say such cable-television-like tiered services and virtual toll booths would violate "Net neutrality," the concept that all information coursing across the Web is equal.
Like it or not, Net neutrality may soon be ending. No one senses this more acutely than Julius Genachowski. Ever since a federal court ruling in April gutted his power to regulate Internet service providers, the Federal Communications Commission chairman has struggled to regain authority over carriers like AT&T (T), Verizon, and Comcast by proposing new rules and holding closed-door talks with industry players.
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Joe, I disagree with you a lot, but thank you for continuing to highlight news about this issue. The corporate giants (Verizon, Google, Comcast, etc.) want to write the rules for their own profitability and don't have the consumer in mind at all. Keep giving these updates! And people need to call their Congressmen and Senators to make sure the Internet stays free of corporate restriction of content. Remember, it's the government who wants to keep things the way they are, and the corporations that want to charge you more for less service!
ReplyDeleteThe FCC works for the corporate giants. The FCC is PRETENDING to be upset about internet control.
ReplyDeleteOur government lies to us every single day