Obamas approach is to look at the Internet like a utility, and to treat companies like AT&T (T, Tech30) and Comcast (CMCSA) the same as your local power company. That would forbid broadband providers from blocking legal websites or keep websites in a slow lane until they pay up an extra fee. The FCC had proposed earlier this year that Amazon could pay Comcast to speed up service for its customers. Opponents fear that a smaller Amazon rival would not be able to compete. We cannot allow Internet service providers to restrict the best access or to pick winners and losers in the online marketplace for services and ideas, Obama said. Companies who connect you to the world have special obligations not to exploit the monopoly they enjoy over access in and out of your home or business.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:49:31 +0000
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