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:

1. Consumers can access any legal content on the Internet unhindered.
2. Consumers can run any legal applications on the Internet.
3. Consumers can connect any legal device to the Internet.
4. Competition is allowed.
5. Providers cannot discriminate against legal applications, content or devices.
6. 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.