FCC takes major step towards killing net neutrality

Cain

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Dec 19, 2013
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A few hours ago, the FCC took another big step towards killing net neutrality — voting to move forward with a plan to allow cable companies to give preferential treatment to big corporations and stick the rest of us on an Internet "slow lane."

The decision was made to allow preferential treatment despite an unprecedented public backlash from members of Congress, Internet giants (like Google and Netflix), and an "Occupy-style encampment" in front of the FCC headquarters.

There’s no question the FCC is feeling the heat. The situation inside FCC headquarters was described as "chaos," and at the last minute before today’s vote they added an alternative option to reclassify the Internet as a public utility like telephones or electricity.

The next step in the process is a 60-day period in which the public is invited to submit public comments 'for' or 'against' the FCC’s plan.

So the best chance at maintaining a fundamental ideology of the Internet, being free and open as intended by its creators remains with the public. People are being urged to make their opinion public and submit their comments against the FCC’s plan to kill net neutrality during the 60-day public comment period coming up.
 

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