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TOPIC: FCC to consider first step toward broadband regulation

barney

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Date: Jun 19, 2010

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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on the first step toward reclassifying broadband as a regulated, common-carrier service, despite objections from many U.S. lawmakers and broadband providers. The FCC, in a Thursday morning meeting, is scheduled to vote on a notice of inquiry on new legal frameworks for enforcing network neutrality rules, redirecting telephone subsidies to broadband and implementing other parts of the agency's national broadband plan. In a notice of inquiry, or NOI, the FCC seeks public comment on a topic. NOIs often lead to FCC rulemaking proceedings. The NOI follows a U.S. appeals court decision in April saying the FCC did not have the authority to enforce informal net neutrality rules in a case involving Comcast's throttling of some peer-to-peer traffic. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has suggested that the appeals court ruling means the FCC has little authority to regulate broadband, and reclassifying broadband from a largely unregulated information service to a regulated common-carrier service would restore some of the agency's authority. FCC to consider first step toward broadband regulation __________________ http://www.mycomputerplayground.com http://www.digitaldrama.net http://www.thisrules.net

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