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US lawmakers introduce bill banning paid prioritization online |
June 17, 2014
A group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would prohibit broadband providers from charging Web content generators for priority traffic management.The Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act, introduced Tuesday by Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Representative Doris Matsui of California, along with three other Democrats, would ban broadband providers from collecting fees from websites and online services for preferential traffic handling. The bill is an effort to get out front of a contentious debate about net neutrality rules.In April, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced an effort to reinstate net neutrality rules after a U.S. appeals court threw out an old version of the regulations in January. But Wheeler’s approach of allowing broadband providers to engage in “commercially reasonable” traffic management, and—in some cases, possibly allowing paid prioritization—has prompted an outcry from Internet users.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2364722/us-lawmakers-introduce-bill-banning-paid-prioritization-online.html#tk.rss_all
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