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05-14-2014, 02:14 AM
The Net Neutrality Discussion Is Getting Serious: FCC and Politicians Weigh In
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The Federal Communications Commission's special counsel for external affairs, Gigi Sohn, took to Twitter on Tuesday to discuss the release of the new proposal that would regulate how Internet service providers handle web traffic.
Sohn gave 27 responses to questions in the hour-long chat. Twitter participants repeatedly questioned Sohn about the possibility of reclassifying broadband Internet as a utility; this option would mean ISPs could be susceptible to much more regulation, and is seen by many as the most aggressive option available to the FCC.
See also: The Best Way to Protest the FCC: Slow Down the Internet? (http://mashable.com/2014/05/09/fcc-protests/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/13/fcc-net-neutrality-twitter-chat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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The Federal Communications Commission's special counsel for external affairs, Gigi Sohn, took to Twitter on Tuesday to discuss the release of the new proposal that would regulate how Internet service providers handle web traffic.
Sohn gave 27 responses to questions in the hour-long chat. Twitter participants repeatedly questioned Sohn about the possibility of reclassifying broadband Internet as a utility; this option would mean ISPs could be susceptible to much more regulation, and is seen by many as the most aggressive option available to the FCC.
See also: The Best Way to Protest the FCC: Slow Down the Internet? (http://mashable.com/2014/05/09/fcc-protests/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/13/fcc-net-neutrality-twitter-chat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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