Why Network Neutrality Will Be Law in 2007

WHY NETWORK NEUTRALITY WILL BE LAW IN 2007
[SOURCE: Huffington Post, AUTHOR: Jason Pontin, Technology Review]
[Commentary] One of the first technology controversies that the new Democratic Congress will address when it meets in 2007, will be network neutrality. Here's what will happen: legislators will support new regulation. Democrats know network neutrality regulation, far from representing a creeping expansion of government interference, will simply preserve the established openness of the Internet. Indeed, the failure to enact network neutrality regulation would implicitly authorize the service providers to override the separation of the transport and application layers of the Internet. And that would represent the erosion of the authority of the foundational Internet standards that has made the 'Net into the greatest force for economic expansion and human communications in history. Sometime early in the New Year, therefore, Congress will reform the Telecommunications Act of 1996. They will require Internet providers to allow consumers access to any application, content, or service.
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