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US Government plans to enforce Net Neutrality
There's been a long-raging debate as to just whether the US Government will enforce net neutrality - 2006 saw the Internet Non-Discrimination Act proposed, in 2007 the Department of Justice announced it wouldn't be legislating net neutrality and the ISPs have openly admitted they will actively manage traffic. However, that may soon be at an end. According to the Wall Street Journal, the FCC is set to announce new rules on Monday that mean telcos "couldn't block or slow access to legal services or sites that are a drain on their networks or offered by rivals". Even more surprisingly, the rules will also apply to mobile providers - including AT&T who've taken steps to block bandwidth-hogging iPhone applications like SlingPlayer.
Unfortunately, it's highly likely that the telcos will fight any legislation that enforces net neutrality. In particular, mobile carriers (already scared stiff by the network demands of data-intensive devices like the iPhone) will be none-too-happy that their already-saturated networks could potentially be swamped.
With the likes of Google actively campaigning in favour of neutrality - and the Obama administration intending to push through this campaign promise - there's no shortage of people in favour of ensuring this series of tubes remains free and neutral. However, with plenty at stake and deep pockets to lobby any legislation, the service providers will no doubt stall, block and vocally oppose the FCC's announcements come Monday morning .
[Via WSJ]
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