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NEWS: End of Net Neutrality Negotiations, Good News for Internet

The FCC has called off negotiations with major Internet industry players to arrive at a compromise for net neutrality. The meetings were an attempt to come to an amicable agreement over net neutrality rules and dodge political pressure over FCC jurisdiction and authority--but asking the fox how to protect the henhouse is generally unwise.

Reports of a secret deal between Verizon and Google for preferential treatment of Google traffic on Verizon's networks may have been a catalyst to the breakdown of negotiations. But, whether that is true or not, the end of the negotiations is great for the future of the Internet. The FCC is supposed to provide guidance and oversight of these Internet industry stakeholders--not the other way around.

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John Navas
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I don't think we can ever have true net neutrality as long as the major ISPs have control over their networks. They have deep pockets and elections cost money. So until we get rid of private campaign financing and private ownership of ISPs and their internet backbones, we're gonna have problems. The only real way is for constituents to let their congressional representation know how they feel about it.

John

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John Slade

"AT&T: Wireless networks 'different'"

AT&T's vice president of federal regulatory, Joan Marsh, in a posting on the company's public policy blog argued that the finite and shared resources that power wireless service and the exploding growth of wireless traffic place it in a different situation from traditional wired broadband services.

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John Navas

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