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The proposal, by Julius Genachowski, would forbid both wired and wireless Internet service providers from blocking lawful content.
Network neutrality protects the ability of users to access the lawful content, applications, and services of their choice.
"These enforceable, bright-line rules will ban paid prioritization, and the blocking and throttling of lawful content and services.
It would also require broadband Internet service providers to give consumers basic information about how the companies manage their networks and would forbid discrimination in transmitting lawful content.
If approved by the full commission, this decision could set an historic precedent that guarantees consumers the right to access all lawful content and applications online.
As for broadband service delivered over wires, providers to homes or offices will be prohibited from blocking lawful content, applications, services and the connection of nonharmful devices to the network.
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The legislation gives the Federal Communications Commission the authority to enforce a year-old broadband policy statement that provides consumers access to the lawful Internet content of their choice.
He not only intends to ban the blocking and throttling of lawful internet content and services, but also wants to prohibit "paid prioritisation" or "fast lanes", the practice by which broadband providers favour some services over others in return for payment ("reasonable" network management, however, will be allowed).
Giving consumers easier access to their lawful cable content is more likely to reduce piracy rather than increase it.
If you read Google's and Verizon's proposed rules, they are actually a step forward in that for the first time they would prohibit broadband providers on the wired Internet (like DSL, cable, and fiber) from discriminating against any kind of "lawful" Internet content or application over another.
In particular, the network will: (1) expand advanced high speed wireless Internet access in the U.S., (2) allow consumers to utilize any lawful applications, content and devices without blocking, degrading or impairing Internet traffic and (3) engage in reasonable and competitively-neutral network management.
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