{"id":7455,"date":"2014-04-25T12:43:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T16:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=7455"},"modified":"2014-04-25T12:59:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T16:59:39","slug":"bandwidth-floodgates-may-soon-open-for-isps-and-sites-with-a-lot-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/bandwidth-floodgates-may-soon-open-for-isps-and-sites-with-a-lot-of-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandwidth Floodgates May Soon Open for ISPs and Sites With a Lot of Money"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Companies Watch Closely As FCC Moves To Redefine Net Neutrality<\/h1>\n

FCC drafts new rules that, if approved, will open the gate for ISPs to sell bandwidth to the highest bidders<\/h2>\n
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) laid out its proposal for new rules surrounding\u00a0net neutrality<\/a>. Consumer advocacy groups are crying foul on what they consider a turnaround in the government\u2019s stance, while internet service providers (ISPs) are praising the new rules.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier this year, the District of Columbia\u00a0Court of Appeals ruled against the FCC<\/a>\u00a0in a case brought forward byVerizon Communications<\/a>\u00a0Inc. (VZ<\/a>). The judge agreed with the telecom company in ruling that the FCC was overreaching its authority, as accorded by Congress, in preventing ISPs from charging content providers for preferred treatment. The prior rules did not classify internet providers as utilities like telephone companies are classified, thus preventing stricter regulations around the industry.<\/p>\n

Net Neutrality<\/h3>\n

At the heart of the issue is the long unwritten rule surrounding \u201cnet neutrality,\u201d which implies the openness and unbiased treatment of all content available on the World Wide Web. The concept has allowed content providers, large and small, the same gateway to reach users at same speeds and equal access…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Companies Watch Closely As FCC Moves To Redefine Net Neutrality FCC drafts new rules that, if approved, will open the gate for ISPs to sell bandwidth to the highest bidders The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) laid out its proposal for new rules surrounding\u00a0net neutrality. Consumer advocacy groups are crying foul on what they consider a turnaround in the\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1426],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7455"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7464,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7455\/revisions\/7464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}