Mozilla is proposed a new legal way that the Federal Communications Commission to save net neutrality that would prevent service providers for charging for fast service. The nonprofit that makes Firefox says the proposal would keep the Internet “an innovative and open platform.” (National Journal, May 5, 2014, by Brendan Sasso)
Writing in GIGAOM, May 6, 2014, Stacey Higginbotham applauds Mozilla’s proposal, “Instead of saying the ISP simply has a duty to deliver all packets over its pipes to the consumer without discrimination, Mozilla claims there is a second legal obligation: a duty the ISP [Internet Service Provider] owes to content providers, who expect their packets to be delivered in a neutral manner. Mozilla suggests that the FCC split this relationship into two relationships, and that it classify the content-provider and ISP relationship as transport. In that way, the FCC can continue making rules on the consumer side under the current regulatory regime, but apply more regulatory oversight between the ISP and the content provider. The proposal would also protect net neutrality on wireless networks.”