Net Neutrality Gains Strong Support

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has emerged as one of the leading supporters of net neutrality.  During a keynote address at Harvard University, Clyburn gave a voice to her support of Net Neutrality by saying,  “Ladies and gentlemen, our country’s broadband express… and yes, it is an express… is leaving the station. And for those who don’t have a ticket, they will be left standing at the gate”.

In October, Clyburn gave approval to the goal of the FCC as it embarked on a process to make an open Internet the rule of the future.

Her most recent support came last Friday when she made her view on the advancement of Net Neutrality very clear saying, “…I believe in smart regulation, which is why, for example, we have begun a process that will account for reasonable network management. But I hope we can work together to create strong rules that do not cede control of the most significant communications advancement in our lifetimes. By sitting this one out, or worse, by throwing up roadblocks that will enable what is now ‘our’ Internet to become ‘their’ Internet, we simply would be reinstating the very kinds of imbalanced structures that we have been attempting for decades to dismantle in other contexts”.

These are encouraging words for supporters of Net Neutrality. On the issue of an open Internet the public seems to agree. When the FCC asked for public input on the issue recently, they received comments from 200,000 individuals, running nearly 9-to-1 in favor of strong Net Neutrality rules.

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  3. McCain Blocking Net Neutrality

Comments

One Response to “Net Neutrality Gains Strong Support”

  1. Andrew Keirns on January 29th, 2010 11:54 pm

    I just read a paper titled “Addressing the Next Wave of Internet Regulation: The Case For Equal Opportunity” written by Robert Hahn (Center for Business and Public Policy), Robert Litan (Brookings Institution) and Hal Singer (Georgetown McDonough School of Business) (January 2010).
    Before the FCC implements any ‘strong net neutrality rules’, this paper should be thoroughly read and digested as the authors make relevant arguments regarding regulation in general, and, more specifically, articulate a cogent challenge to the advancement of net neutrality. A must read for anyone commenting on the subject: the 200,000 individuals responding 9-1 in favor of net neutrality, and the FCC as they run the risk of ‘unintended consequences’.