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Title: FTC abandons net neutrality - Iain Thomson, vnunet.com Post by: Tanya on July 12, 2007, 10:26:56 AM FTC abandons net neutrality - Iain Thomson, vnunet.com
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to abandon net neutrality and allow telecoms companies to charge websites for access. The FTC said in a report that, despite popular support for net neutrality, it was minded to let the market sort out the issue. This means that the organisation will not stand in the way of companies using differential pricing to make sure that some websites can be viewed more quickly than others. The report also counsels against net neutrality legislation. Read More.. (http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2193214/ftc-abandons-net-neutrality) |