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Agency Urges Caution on Net Neutrality
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June 27,2007 | WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission on
Wednesday urged policymakers to proceed cautiously on any
regulation of high-speed Internet traffic.
The agency issued a report addressing the controversial
subject of network neutrality, which is the notion that all
online traffic should be treated equally by Internet service
providers.
The issue pits consumer groups and content providers such as
Google Inc. against large telecommunications companies, such
as AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. The latter group wants the
option of charging customers more for transmitting certain
content, including live video, faster or more reliably than
other data.
FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras said that without
evidence of "market failure or demonstrated consumer harm,
policy makers should be particularly hesitant to enact new
regulation in this area." The Federal Communications
Commission and Department of Justice have jurisdiction over
high-speed Internet access, while Congress has considered
legislation that would mandate network neutrality.
The agency also said that certain practices that would
discriminate among Internet traffic, such as prioritizing
some data or providing exclusive deals to content providers,
"can benefit consumers."
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