FCC Favors Net Neutrality

dkatana writes: Yesterday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said net neutrality is high on the agency's agenda, and a set of rules will be proposed beginning of next month. He also talked about reclassification of internet providers such as Google Fiber as Title II Telecom Companies. If Google and other fiber providers are given pole access, it could be the beginning of a race to deploy fiber-to-the-home to many cities and towns, where the cost of digging trenches has deterred many initiatives and protected the monopolies of the entrenched telecom providers. Advocates for net neutrality believe that Title II classification would allow the FCC to protect Internet services by regulating against paid prioritization. A related article suggests one side effect of the internet becoming a public utility will be higher costs for internet access.

Comments

Seriously? GOOD NEWS?

[MisterSquid]

Today is not 1 April!

Hard to believe what I'm reading here. I was starting to grow cynical.

Anyhow, just wanted to post to say this appears to be a good thing. Very, very exciting.

Re:Seriously? GOOD NEWS?

[beakerMeep]

It's all PR talk until they actually do anything about it.

Re:Internet as a public utility = higher cost?

[Lunix Nutcase]

Nor are prices when you have next to no competition such as the current situation with ISPs in most markets.