These included the ability to connect any legal devices that do not harm the network; competition among network, application, service and content providers; and the important principle, that users should be free to access the content, applications and services they want as long as it was legal to do so.
These principles state that consumers are entitled to[2]: "access" the legal Internet content of their choice; "attach any device" that does not harm the network; "run legal applications and services" of their choice; and to "have competition" among network, application, service, and content providers all subject to reasonable network management (to be described).
But with the spectrum on sale this week, licence-holders will have to accommodate any mobile device or type of service, provided it does not harm the network.
One states that consumers should be given access to whatever legal content they want; another says they should be able to get it via any device that does not harm a network.
In general, it recommended that Internet users be guaranteed the right to send and receive information of their choice and to use the applications and services they want, as long as they do not harm the network.
Tom Wheeler, the FCC's chairman, then laid out a plan to prohibit ISPs from acting in a "commercially unreasonable" manner that would harm the network, favour traffic from an affiliated entity, or block any legal content a proposal that failed to win support among the public.
A contentious issue related to online airing of TV programming is how it could potentially harm local network affiliates, who worry they could lose viewers.
Google lobbied the FCC to make the coveted "C" block of the 700MHz wireless spectrum which the Internet giant, AT&T, Verizon and others are expected to bid on later this month open to any device or software that doesn't harm the network.
This potentially enhanced role for pharmacists is a unique opportunity to develop and improve the harm reduction network through the training of pharmacists.
A random disruption to one of the thousands of airport around the world would usually not disturb the flow of travelers, but a shutdown of a hub, such as Chicago O'Hare, could severely harm the network.
The sociodemographic characteristics, drug use behaviour and health service utilisation-related questions were adapted from the rapid assessment and response on drug use and from the HIV Survey of the Asian Harm Reduction Network, Myanmar.
