Net Neutrality Plan Progresses

Moving forward with a plan to assert authority over the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that it will vote at its next meeting about whether to seek public comment on the proposal.

Earlier this month, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski put forward a plan to reclassify broadband transmission as a telecommunications service, subject to common carrier rules. Many experts believe that such a reclassification is necessary before the FCC can impose net neutrality regulations that would ban Internet service providers from discriminating against particular sites or applications.

Genachowski's proposal involves reclassifying broadband transmission as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, but forbearing from terms "that are unnecessary and inappropriate for broadband access service."

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