FCC Rules: Preserving the Open Internet
Submitted by jajacobs on Fri, 2011-09-23 07:29.
The Federal Communications Commission has published its Final Rule on Preserving the Open Internet. Hat tip to Benton's Communications-Related Headlines:
- Preserving the Open Internet. AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule. 47 CFR Parts 0 and 8 [GN Docket No. 09–191; WC Docket No. 07–52; FCC 10–201] 59192 Federal Register Vol. 76, No. 185/Friday, September 23, 2011, Rules and Regulations.
This Report and Order establishes protections for broadband service to preserve and reinforce Internet freedom and openness. The Commission adopts three basic protections that are grounded in broadly accepted Internet norms, as well as our own prior decisions.
First, transparency: fixed and mobile broadband providers must disclose the network management practices, performance characteristics, and commercial terms of their broadband services.
Second, no blocking: fixed broadband providers may not block lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices; mobile broadband providers may not block lawful Web sites, or block applications that compete with their voice or video telephony services.
Third, no unreasonable discrimination: fixed broadband providers may not unreasonably discriminate in transmitting lawful network traffic.
These rules are effective November 20, 2011.
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Opponents of Open Internet Rules
Politico.com's Morning Tech (MT) [subscription required] reports that opponents of net neutrality are already buzzing:
"Rep. Marsha Blackburn responded Thursday evening by calling on the Senate to move forward with its measure to repeal the regulations and urged the House to take up and pass her Internet Freedom Act. Senate Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, also still plan to move forward with a vote on the resolution this fall, MT hears. And so does Verizon, which challenged the rules before their publication. "As our previous filing had indicated, we do intend to refile," VZ spox Ed McFadden tells MT. Others are keeping their powder dry until they see the rules appear in the Federal Register."
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