What the net neutrality battle is really about
by Julia Boorstin
The FCC's proposed net neutrality regulations are widely expected to be approved Thursday by a three-to-two vote along partisan lines. The battle between Internet companies and Internet service providers has heated up ahead of the vote, with CEOs on both sides weighing in?i ncluding Netflix's Reed Hastings, for one, in favor, and Comcast's Brian Roberts, for the other, against it.
But the two sides aren't really disagreeing over net neutrality itself: There's general consensus about the basic tenets of no blocking or throttling of basic Internet service.