On February 26, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed
Open Internet Rules, establishing that internet service providers (ISPs) cannot "unreasonably interfere with or unreasonably disadvantage the ability of consumers to select, access, and use the lawful content, applications, services, or devices of their choosing.
NASDAQ:CHTR) today released the following statement regarding the FCC's adoption of
open Internet rules.
A team of top Google executives was visiting Cuba to promote
open Internet access, according to a dissident blogger who says she met the group in Havana, reports Reuters (July 1, 2014).
A delegation of senior executives from Google Inc, led by executive chairman Eric Schmidt, is visiting Cuba to argue for more
open Internet access, Reuters reported, citing a "dissident blogger" who claimed she met the group in Havana.
FCC, which struck down the core provisions of the Commission's 2010
Open Internet Order.
Senior policy counsel for the think tank Open Technology Institute, Sarah Morris, the FCC's
Open Internet Rules represented an important, if imperfect, regulatory intervention to preserve the ability of broadband consumers to access the content of their choosing.
THE CONCEPT OF net neutrality, which contends that all information flowing through the Internet should be granted bandwidth equitably regardless of its content, has been pointed to by many as the hallmark of a free and
open Internet But unfortunately, due to weak wording and pushback from Internet service providers, the protective provisions of the Federal Communications Commission's
Open Internet Order were shot down in January Under the
Open Internet Order "common carriers" were denied the ability to regulate the data flowing through their infrastructures.
However, the new plans seem to have irked interest group Public Knowledge that argued the company was "violating the FCC's
Open Internet rules," (http://www.
A group of the UK s largest internet service providers (ISPs) are signing a voluntary code of practice in support of the
open internet.
FCC chairman Genachowski argued, however, that "reasonable and enforceable rules of the road" were needed "to preserve a free and
open Internet.
It's an
open Internet and that means privacy is at a premium.
To begin,
open Internet Explorer and go to the File menu, where you'll find the Import and Export option; click on it.
