Chairman Leahy asks big Web companies to pledge against ‘fast lanes’

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Four top Internet service providers are receiving letters from Sen Patrick Leahy (D-VT) asking them to pledge not to create “fast lanes” on the Internet.

The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman is “gravely concerned” about the possibility that the Federal Communications Commission will allow companies to cut deals with websites so users have faster access to their sites. That would amount to a “fast lane” for them and “slow lanes” for everyone else, he warned. “If the Internet is to remain an open, accessible platform for the free flow of ideas, we need strong rules of the road in place to guarantee those protections,” he wrote. “We also need meaningful pledges from our nation’s broadband providers that they share the American public’s commitment to an Internet that remains open and equally accessible to all.”


Chairman Leahy asks big Web companies to pledge against ‘fast lanes’