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by Sharon D. Nelson Esq., President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

FCC Releases Rules for Protecting Net Neutrality

March 19, 2015

If you're looking for the perfect soporific, this may be it. The FCC released its rules for protecting net neutrality on March 12th – and it's a whopping 400 pages. To give you the short list, now that the Federal Communications Commission is going to regulate broadband providers as a public utility, these rules will apply.

  • 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.

The FCC doesn't always make me happy, but I hereby award it a gold star for a job well done (thus far) in protecting net neutrality.

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