| The
Federal Communications
Commission will propose new
rules that allow
Internet service providers to
offer a faster lane through
which to send video
and other content to
consumers, as long as a
content company is willing to
pay
for it, according to people
briefed on the proposals. |
| The
proposed rules
are a complete turnaround for
the F.C.C. on the subject of
so-called net
neutrality, the principle that
Internet users should have
equal ability to see
any content they choose, and
that no content providers
should be discriminated
against in providing their
offerings to consumers. |
| The
F.C.C.’s
previous rules governing net
neutrality were thrown out by
a federal appeals
court this year. The court
said those rules had
essentially treated Internet
service providers as public
utilities, which violated a
previous F.C.C. ruling
that Internet links were not
to be governed by the same
strict regulation as
telephone or electric service. |
| The
new rules, according to the
people
briefed on them, will allow a
company like Comcast or
Verizon to negotiate
separately with each content
company – like Netflix,
Amazon, Disney or
Google – and charge different
companies different amounts
for priority
service. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/technology/fcc-new-net-neutrality-rules.html?emc=edit_na_20140423 |
