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NCTA Doesn't Like Net Neutrality

By james_fudge

Shocking, I know. The National Cable & Telecommunications Association said that that the FCC should not expand its network-neutrality rules. The interest group representing cable operators made its comments in a public "request for comments" filing with the FCC Tuesday. The group went on to say that, if the FCC does move ahead with new FCC rules, it should apply them only to "clearly defined broadband Internet access services" and not a managed service, which is not delivered via the public Internet. The NCTA also argued that what is good for wired ISPs ought to affect wireless broadband providers.

NCTA went on to say that net neutrality rules should also apply to search engines and other Internet content gateways, particularly when it comes to transparency and disclosure rules the FCC has proposed adding. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on October 14, 2010 (boomark / email).