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House Republicans seek to block net neutrality

Zounds - delivering the net to the telecoms, to manipulate for marketing purposes.

Amplify’d from www.americablog.com

GOP circles the wagons, seeks to block net neutrality

Republican opposition is mounting as federal regulators prepare to vote this month on so-called “network neutrality” rules, which would prohibit broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain types of Internet traffic flowing over their lines.

Twenty House Republicans — including most of the Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee — sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on Monday urging him to delay the Oct. 22 vote on his net neutrality plan.
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New FCC chair probes corporate internet control

Questions lack of competition, consumer choice and openness in the wireless Internet sector. Outstanding!

Amplify’d from www.huffingtonpost.com
After less than a month in office, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is
taking a serious look at the lack of competition, consumer choice and openness in the wireless Internet sector.


The FCC announced in June that it would investigate exclusivity agreements that lock particular phones to carriers, while soaking consumers with high termination costs should they decide to go elsewhere.

The data on market concentration are pretty damning for carriers: Four wireless service providers (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile) account for 90 percent of the U.S. market. Across the board these carriers seek to have ultimate say over the phones and applications that can run on their networks.

The FCC hopes to determine whether Apple and AT&T are working in collaboration to block certain wireless applications
AT&T maintains that Apple makes all decisions on applications. But Apple seems to consistently block applications including Google Voice, Skype and Sling Media that threaten AT&T’s bottom line.Read more at www.huffingtonpost.com