FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel wants to re-establish net neutrality rules that would bar internet providers from blocking or degrading access.
— the concept that internet service providers should be prohibited from blocking or degrading access to users — is back in political play. And not everyone’s happy about the reprise.Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposed restoring the agency’s net neutrality rules under its authority to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service .
The move comes after Democrats, led by Rosenworcel, now have a 3-2 majority on the commission with Biden appointeeRosenworcel’s push for net neutrality protections was slammed by the cable industry’s biggest lobbying group, NCTA – the Internet & Television Association, which has long opposed such regulations.
According to Powell, “The proposed rules may complicate, if not deeply upset, our collective efforts to bring internet to rural and unserved communities. These rules set out very heavy regulations that complicate the calculus of deploying networks in expensive, risky and hard-to-serve markets. The FCC’s actions only add to that burden, and we fear net neutrality will lead to net fatality.”
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