US Finished with the Web Neutrality an the Egalitarian Access to the Internet

It’s the beginning that prevents Internet from becoming a business

The CCF Director, Ajit Pai

15-12-17.- The US Communications Commission took the decision with three votes in favor and two against - the Democrats - to end the regulation that was promoted in 2014 by the then president of the United States, Barack Obama, and that was later approved in 2015

The U.S. Federal Commission of Communications (FCC) approved this Friday a new norm on the Internet service that ends with the "neutrality of the network".

The neutrality of the network is the principle that prevents the internet from becoming a business. It is the barrier that prevents Internet providers from enriching themselves by modifying the quality of accesses, their availability or speed.

 

The Republican majority in the regulatory institution voted in favor of the new rule that repeals the principle of "net neutrality," which safeguarded the Internet as a public service of free and equal access.

Directed by Ajit Pai, the Commission took the decision by three votes in favor and two against - the Democrats - to put an end to the regulation that was promoted in 2014 by the then president of the United States, Barack Obama, and that was later approved in 2015.

In practice, the 2015 norm prevented Internet providers from blocking or slowing down traffic in the portals they chose.

This principle, which sought to guarantee free access under equal conditions to the service of the network, was eliminated among multiple protests by Democrats, consumer associations and some voices among the Republican ranks.

At the moment in which the regulation begins to be applied, Internet provider companies will be able to decide which portals to block or slow down, including those of media or video broadcasting, and will only be subject to making it public.

The republican commissioners, including Pai, argued that the decision supposes to end a rule that dealt with "hard hand" to the industry of providers of Internet before "hypothetical damages".

For their part, the two Democratic commissioners exposed the negative consequences that the suppression of "net neutrality" could have on consumers and small content providers.

By: AFP | Friday,  Dec 15th, 017 03:48 PM