The original four Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Policy Statement principles
miscast the prerequisites of broadband infrastructure wealth development
(property rights, exclusive deals and contracts and so forth) as antithetical
to consumer welfare and fluid access to content.
In that sense, they are philosophically flawed and
harmful.
Yet, the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) and 2010 Order on
Preserving the Free and Open Internet consolidated the principles,
and went beyond with an anti-discrimination mandate.
The NPRM stated that “Subject to reasonable network
management, a provider of broadband Internet access service must treat lawful
content, applications and services in a nondiscriminatory manner” (Section
8.13, page 66)……To Read More…..
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