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FCC's dull plans for Internet get viral, angry response

2014-07-29 22:31:33| Telecom - Topix.net

Growing alarm about big companies controlling online content has led to an unprecedented amount of public participation in a phase of the FCC's regulatory process usually reserved for lawyers and policy wonks.

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The FCCs net neutrality proposal: What does it mean for you, and the internet?

2014-05-16 15:18:27| Extremetech

Yesterday morning, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) moved forward with a new proposal that is intended to safeguard net neutrality. Other news sources are reporting that this new proposal will allow ISPs to create 'internet fast lanes' for web services (Netflix, etc.) that stump up the extra cash, and thus implicitly creating an internet slow lane for every company that doesn't pay up. In reality, the FCC's proposal is actually a lot more complex than that. Read on for more details of the FCC's new Open Internet proposal, and how it will actually affect you.

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What the FCC's Net neutrality proposal really means

2014-05-15 19:31:05| InfoWorld: Top News

First, the facts.

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Senators take issue with FCC's Net neutrality proposal

2014-05-12 12:30:00| InfoWorld: Top News

The Federal Communications Commission isn't expected to officially release an updated Net neutrality proposal until May 15th, but that isn't stopping activists from protesting an expected provision that would allow for some "paid traffic prioritization." And activists might have just gotten some powerful new allies.

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