I’m a little slow on this – because broadband has become such a hot topic that I’ve had to choose carefully the areas where I can really focus. There are only so many hours in the day! That’s when I’m glad to have a resource such as the Daily Yonder.
I’ve quoted them in past. I like them because they are looking through policy with rural-colored glasses, starting with the fact that they know that there are many facets to rural.
The Daily Yonder has been following the Net Neutrality and they have a nice article that takes a look at life before, during and after the FCC vote. The bare bones: three FCC Commissioners supported Net Neutrality, two Commissioners “concurring in part, dissenting in part.”
There are six principles they are considering:
- Consumers can access any legal content on the Internet unhindered.
- Consumers can run any legal applications on the Internet.
- Consumers can connect any legal device to the Internet.
- Competition is allowed.
- Providers cannot discriminate against legal applications, content or devices.
- Providers must be transparent with their network management practices
So now the whole shebang is open for comments – until January 14, 2010. So in many ways the saga continues.
