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Related: About this forumF.C.C. Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net Neutrality
Source: New York Times
F.C.C. Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net Neutrality
By EDWARD WYATT OCT. 31, 2014
WASHINGTON The chairman and staff of the Federal Communications Commission are moving toward a proposal that for the first time would give the agency regulatory authority over how Internet traffic flows between content providers and the companies that provide Internet service to consumers, according to people close to the discussions.
The proposal is part of a hybrid solution that has gained favor among the F.C.C. staff over the last two months. Like other possible solutions, it seeks to reestablish the F.C.C.s authority to enforce net neutrality, the general concept that no Internet traffic should be discriminated against unfairly.
But unlike policies previously considered, which treated the entire Internet ecosystem as a single universe, the hybrid proposal would establish a divide between wholesale and retail transactions.
It would apply utilitylike regulation to the wholesale portion, the exchange of data from the content provider to the Internet service provider for passage through to the end consumer. The retail portion, the transaction that sends data through the Internet service provider to the consumer and which allows the consumer to access any legal content on the Internet, would receive a lighter regulatory touch.
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By EDWARD WYATT OCT. 31, 2014
WASHINGTON The chairman and staff of the Federal Communications Commission are moving toward a proposal that for the first time would give the agency regulatory authority over how Internet traffic flows between content providers and the companies that provide Internet service to consumers, according to people close to the discussions.
The proposal is part of a hybrid solution that has gained favor among the F.C.C. staff over the last two months. Like other possible solutions, it seeks to reestablish the F.C.C.s authority to enforce net neutrality, the general concept that no Internet traffic should be discriminated against unfairly.
But unlike policies previously considered, which treated the entire Internet ecosystem as a single universe, the hybrid proposal would establish a divide between wholesale and retail transactions.
It would apply utilitylike regulation to the wholesale portion, the exchange of data from the content provider to the Internet service provider for passage through to the end consumer. The retail portion, the transaction that sends data through the Internet service provider to the consumer and which allows the consumer to access any legal content on the Internet, would receive a lighter regulatory touch.
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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/technology/fcc-considering-hybrid-regulatory-approach-to-net-neutrality.html
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F.C.C. Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net Neutrality (Original Post)
Eugene
Nov 2014
OP
on point
(2,506 posts)1. They need to require separation of carriers from content providers too
PSPS
(13,620 posts)2. Gee, just what you expect when Comcast runs the FCC.
GeorgeGist
(25,324 posts)3. Don't be afraid ...
the man behind the curtain just wants you to shake his hand.