AT&T and Verizon say FCC Net Neutrality principles work

Executives from AT&T and Verizon Communications said Tuesday that it's important for the Federal Communications Commission to take action against Comcast for slowing down some peer-to-peer traffic to prove that legislation is not necessary when it comes to Network Neutrality. "It's in the best interest of the industry for the FCC to make a judgment against Comcast in the BitTorrent case," Tauke said. "None of us want to be in a world where there is a sense that nobody is watching what is going on. We have the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission, which have authority to enforce some policies in this area. And if they do their jobs properly, they can make positive contributions on how the Internet develops." Cicconi agreed, saying that the FCC has the opportunity to prove to Net Neutrality supporters and Congress that it can enforce its own policies and keep the Internet open. "The Comcast case has brought the debate over Net Neutrality into specifics," Cicconi said. He added that this is important because up until now the discussion has centered on hypothetical problems. And creating new laws to deal with problems that haven't yet occurred could be disastrous for the industry.
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