When President Obama issued his call for tougher federal "net
neutrality" rules on Internet providers this week, he said that the
Federal Communications Commission has an obligation to carry them out
because it "was chartered to promote competition, innovation and
investment in our networks."
"In service to that mission, there is no higher calling than protecting an open, accessible and free Internet," Obama said in a Monday statement in which he called for the government to regulate the Internet as it regulates other public utilities, and ban ISPs from doing things like charging content providers more for faster transmission speeds.
Self-appointed consumer groups hailed Obama's push, saying that if successful, it would give the FCC "much greater authority to address consumer problems," as Public Knowledge attorney John Bergmayer put it.
"In service to that mission, there is no higher calling than protecting an open, accessible and free Internet," Obama said in a Monday statement in which he called for the government to regulate the Internet as it regulates other public utilities, and ban ISPs from doing things like charging content providers more for faster transmission speeds.
Self-appointed consumer groups hailed Obama's push, saying that if successful, it would give the FCC "much greater authority to address consumer problems," as Public Knowledge attorney John Bergmayer put it.
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