Just last week the decision to to regulate broadband Internet service as a public utility, passed! This is a huge milestone for the FCC and better positions them for their 10-year goal of bringing high-speed Internet to every American home.
Key provisions of the new ruling are practices that are known to harm the open internet such as:
- No Blocking: broadband providers may not block access to legal content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices.
- No Throttling: broadband providers may not impair or degrade lawful Internet traffic on the basis of content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices.
- No Paid Prioritization: broadband providers may not favor some lawful Internet traffic over other lawful traffic in exchange for consideration of any kind—in other words, no “fast lanes.” This rule also bans ISPs from prioritizing content and services of their affiliates.
For more information go to: FCC Rules to Protect the Open Internet
Do you know if this new rule will mean that companies like Comcast won’t be able to promote their services as “faster” – or will the service provider be able to promote their bandwidth but the users like Netflix won’t be able to say that their products can be downloaded faster? CONFUSING!!