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A number of companies and civic action groups supported Internet Slowdown Day on September 10 to demonstrate what the Internet would be like without net neutrality. The public comment period for the Federal Communication Commission’s new rules for Internet Service Providers ends on September 15. The rules establish fast and slow lanes for large and small websites provoking dismay among many. (PCWorld, September 10, 2014, by Ian Paul) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi favors granting

As part of the process of establishing rules for operating the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received 677,000 public comments. The FCC is considering if and how to regulate the flow of web traffic after a federal court struck down their net-neutrality rules in 2010. New FCC rules proposed in April came under fire for establishing terrain that could allow powerful Internet companies to block certain content and traffic and to demand exorbitant fees.

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

In attempting to salvage net neutrality after a federal court decision for Verizon who argued that the Federal Communications Commission had erred in its rules banning Internet providers from blocking different types of Internet traffic, the FCC proposed new rules that would allow providers to charge for speedier access. Writing in The Center for Internet and Society blog, Barbara van Schewick, April 25, 2014, says that access fees would dampen innovation and curtail free speech

After a federal court ruling striking down net neutrality rules, the Federal Communications Commission decided not to appeal the ruling to the full federal appeals court or the Supreme Court. The FCC may opt to reclassify broadband services as a “common carrier” which would treat providers similarly to providers like telephone service, no favoritism allowed among customers or services. The FCC may also consider a no-blocking rule so that providers could not block or slow