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Monday, May 5, 2014

FCC Confronts Issues of Net Neutrality, Future of the Internet at Stake

Yes, the future of the Internet is clearly at stake this Spring and here is where it all began. Due to a glitch in FCC authority (which clearly needs to be fixed), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority over broadband providers in its provision of internet access and traffic "control" as it has with ISPs.

This led to the decision last month by the FCC that creates, in effect, a two-tiered internet - with those who can pay getting fast-lane access and the rest a slower lane of traffic. I was asked to cover this for a news blog article for Information Today and gladly did so.

This is something that everyone concerned with information access, freedom of information and net neutrality needs to follow. I know that I will.

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