[governance] Net Neutrality Decision

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

Here is a link to the FCC decision (194 pages) :

http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db1223/FCC-10-201A1.pdf

The first statements of this doc make up a compact summary :

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*FCC 10-201*
Adopted: December 21, 2010 Released: December 23, 2010
Preserving the Open Internet Broadband Industry Practices

*I. PRESERVING THE FREE AND OPEN INTERNET
*
1. Today the Commission takes an important step to preserve the Internet as
an
open platform for innovation, investment, job creation, economic growth,
competition, and free expression. To provide greater clarity and certainty
regarding the continued freedom and openness of the Internet, we adopt three
basic rules that are grounded in broadly accepted Internet norms, as well as
our own prior decisions:

i. *Transparency*. Fixed and mobile broadband providers must disclose the
network management practices, performance characteristics, and terms and
conditions of their broadband services;

ii. *No blocking*. Fixed broadband providers may not block lawful content,
applications, services, or non-harmful devices; mobile broadband providers
may not block lawful websites, or block applications that compete with their
voice or video telephony services; and

iii. *No unreasonable discrimination*. Fixed broadband providers may not
unreasonably discriminate in transmitting lawful network traffic.

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On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Check out the Headlines within the FCC website on Net Neutrality
>
> http://www.fcc.gov/
>
>
> http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/us-regulators-approve-net-neutrality-20101222-194n6.html
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> Salanieta Tudrau Tamanikaiwaimaro
> P.O.Box 17862
> Suva
> Fiji Islands
>
> Cell: +679 9982851
> Alternate Email: s.tamanikaiwaimaro at tfl.com.fj
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