The US Federal Communications Commission took a strong step in favour of net neutrality this week by launching OpenInternet.gov designed as “a place to join the discussion about the free and open Internet.” The post on the WhiteHouse blog, a letter from FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, says the Commission will become “the smart cop on the beat when it comes to preserving a free and open Internet”, and the Commission proposes two new rules to help achieve this:
1) that broadband providers cannot discriminate against particular Internet content or applications
2) that broadband providers must be transparent about their network management practices
I hope the commissioners at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) are checking their blog feeds as they ponder their decision on the network throttling hearing the Commission held this past July.
