U.S. Federal Communications Commission (hereinafter referred to as "FCC") will be held Tuesday for "network neutrality" votes held, may introduce new regulatory rules.
This provision would prohibit Comcast, Verizon Communications and other high-speed Internet service providers block legitimate traffic on its network, will consider their demands of network congestion control, it is possible for users according to Internet usage charges.
Analysts said, FCC Chairman Julius Sige Na Koski (Julius Genachowski) the proposal is likely to get the support of two Democratic Party members.
Can not come to agreement, FCC sometimes certain matters on the agenda would be canceled. But observers believe that the Democratic Party members, Michael Kirby, Phillips (Michael Copps) and Byrne (Mignon Clyburn) attitude is imperfect does not provide better than the provisions. Kepu Si carriers want FCC to take on a more stringent regulatory Laptop battery measures, and the re-classification of Internet traffic; Cleveland Byrne said, so that Internet service providers in the wireless network traffic management, with greater freedom than wired networks that she was very upset.
Republican FCC members said in the hope that Internet traffic is not regulated.
Former FCC officials, brokerage Stifel Nicolaus analyst Prendergast (Rebecca Arbogast) said: "But I still think they will introduce a Laptop battery requirement."
Internet service providers that take into account the interests of all users, they should have the right to freedom of managing their own networks; but Internet content providers fear that this may cause the user to visit certain Web sites have been interference, there may inhibit competition. If Internet service providers are allowed to control traffic on their networks, it is possible to use this advantage in the areas of video content, and use its network to provide similar services to competing Internet content providers.
Previously, Netflix for online video sites to provide content delivery network services to communications companies Level 3 Communications denounced Comcast, said the latter charge was unfair to its cost, it will only allow the video content distribution network to Comcast users.
This year in April, an appeals court said, FCC no right to prohibit Comcast to stop take a lot of bandwidth services. The agency's Internet monitoring capabilities have been questioned. Although senior FCC officials said it would use Comcast case law has not been used, but this legislation is likely to be challenged in the legal level.
Wagner Koski suggested, in view of the wireless Internet is still at an early stage of development, Internet service providers should be given greater freedom to manage network traffic. There was support for the Laptop battery proposal Wagner Koski part on the wireless network, said the limited bandwidth of wireless networks need to download movies from the phone to provide support, including all services.
The key is, BlackBerry, iPhone and other handheld devices, how fast can receive video and other data intensive content.
Some critics say the proposal Wagner Koski gave too much power to Internet service providers, may damage the interests of consumers, stifle innovation, and irreversibly split the Internet, contrary to the Internet "open" concept.
December 10, more than 80 organizations jointly sent a letter to FCC, Wagner said the proposal is not really consistent with Koski "network neutrality" principles. To ban Internet service providers who set up payment priority service, which allows some sites pay a fee to the operator to get faster Internet access speed. Non-profit organizations, senior vice president of Media Access Project, policy director Boltzmann (Andrew Jay Schwartzman) said: "The priority service payment is likely to provoke strong opposition."
Macro-policy research firm Medley Global Advisors analyst Jeffrey Silva (Jeffrey Silva) said Kepu Si and is likely to vote for Bern Klee Wagner Koski's proposal, but he also pointed out that the new regulatory rules inadequacies.
FCC members are modifying the final proposal, the details of the draft has not yet made public. Silva is expected to eventually Wagner Koski proposal will make the contents of the 1st of this month is very close, so as not to irritate the current support of his Internet businesses. Arbogast said the more stringent regulatory measures would arouse discontent of these enterprises, and led to new regulations in Laptop battery court, was AT & T and other wireless carriers and cable companies even more serious challenge.
Schwarzman said that any unhappy people will sue. "I expect, FCC will be subject to various challenges, both those who feel the new regulations were too radical, there are those who think it is too conservative."
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