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On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:07:52 -0700, in
<nmol165kbt5llc3peo8irtaca2jtag7am7@4ax.com>, John Navas
<jncl1@navasgroup.com> wrote:

>The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to start the
>controversial process of reclassifying high-speed Internet access to
>give the agency more authority over service providers to prevent
>disparate treatment of customers.
>
>The commission voted 3-2 along party lines to put out for public comment
>a new regulatory framework, dubbed the Third Way, that would make
>Internet service providers subject to some of the same nondiscrimination
>rules that apply to telephone companies.
>
>FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has been a vocal supporter of requiring
>Internet providers to treat all similar Web traffic equally, an issue
>known as net neutrality.
>
>MORE:
><http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0618-fcc-broadband-20100618,0,5300272.story>


FCC takes baby step towards net neutrality

Critics foresee webageddon

The US Federal Communications Commission announced on Wednesday that it
would open up the topic of broadband regulation to public commentary �
and from some of reactions to that mild step, you'd think that by doing
so they were destroying America's economic future.

MORE:
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/18/fcc_opens_public_comment/>