Net neutrality gets a boost from the feds: CNET
CNET:
Net neutrality advocates got a boost of support Wednesday from the Obama administration when it released grant guidelines for spending the government’s $7.2 billion broadband stimulus package.
Companies winning grants to help build new broadband infrastructure will have to follow the Federal Communications Commission’s Internet Policy statement, which prohibits companies from deliberately blocking or slowing Internet traffic on their networks.
Proponents of that concept, Net neutrality, have been pushing the government to pass laws or set stricter requirements to ensure that consumers get access to content they want and that competitors are not run out of business by network operators.
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