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| Thread ID: 103336 | 2009-09-19 04:52:00 | New Internet Neutrality Law To Come Monday (US) | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 811783 | 2009-09-19 04:52:00 | FCC Rules To Be Offered On Monday, Sept 21st, 2009 Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will deliver a speech on Monday that sources say will outline a plan to adopt new net neutrality rules. According to a report published by Reuters (www.reuters.com), the FCC chairman's plan will seek the adoption of new rules intended to ensure that ISPs can't arbitrarily block or slow down their customers' access based on content. The concept of net neutrality maintains that ISPs, including both broadband cable and DSL providers as well as wireless mobile companies, must deliver data to their customers irrespective of its source, destination, ownership, or the protocol used to deliver it. Currently, many ISPs block or filter customers who use P2P applications. Advocates of net neutrality argue that without regulation, ISPs may eventually seek to sell artificially limited access to specific sites or discriminate against competitors by offering access priority to their own services while slowing access to competitive offerings. With full credits -> By Prince McLean (prince@appleinsider.com) |
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