The Federal Communications Commission moved Tuesday to strengthen regulation of the Internet, the rapidly developing communications platform, which plays an increasingly important in the global economy.
The FCC, in a vote that broke away along party lines, approved a new set of rules to support "net neutrality", the idea that the Internet is not dominated by a handful of great goalkeepers network traffic.
"For the first time we have to keep the traffic on Internet freedom and openness," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said before voting in favor of standards.
There was a consensus among consumer advocates and high-tech companies, the Internet should be an open forum for communication and commerce. But as it has been a source of heated debate with critics believe the free market that all curb regulations that innovation.
It remains to be seen whether the FCC will work in protecting consumers to be successful. The Commission itself is very divided on this point.
Why regulate?
Proponents of "net neutrality" argue that the inaction of a service provider like Comcast preferential treatment to their own content and services can be on those of another company, such as Netflix give the attempts to achieve its Comcast customers in the infrastructure.
Another member of the committee, said Robert McDowell shared concern of many opponents of the new policy.
"Nothing has slowed investment and innovation of the Internet - until now," before a "no" to a 3-2 by the Committee.
Mr. McDowell said that "capital is diverted to pay legal fees" rather than develop new services as they compete for the support of the FCC in a new legal framework. He said that the structure of the base is the rise of the Internet must not be politicized.
How the rules, still unpublished largely remains to be seen. But according to a procedure with fierce opposition from high-tech companies, the plan is a compromise that called for greater support for the industry.
Basics
Mr. Genachowski describes the basic principles of the plan:
Transparency for consumers on how the players handle the Internet backbone.
to send a right for consumers and innovators and to receive legitimate traffic and devices of their choice for the network.
Field to bring in the state regulators no winners and losers.
reasonable flexibility in pricing for the management of networks and services, encourage investment and innovation of private enterprises.
Criticism of the FCC on the left say that a step back from bolder ideas that were discussed earlier this year, the agency has given to private interests. The group Free Press, for example, argues the Commission issue a ban on "pay first" deals, in which an Internet service provider reduces the rate of extraction of customer data on a faster way than others. (The FCC said that such agreements are "unlikely to meet" the new policy.)
But on the right side, critics say the FCC is trying something that is not broken, and that antitrust law can be used to protect consumers when necessary fix. In addition, they say, the FCC has no power to regulate the Congress on the Internet.
Some rules better than nothing
place between visions of other analysts of high-tech, is that the new rules will be better regulation to severe or do not take new measures. Policies can help consumers during a battle in the industry, how to regulate the Web.
Obama, in a statement calling the FCC decision a victory for consumers, freedom of expression, and "American innovation."
Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, joined the Consumer Federation of America in the issuance of a receipt of the new plan.
"The unanimity of net neutrality may be impossible, but inaction is unacceptable," the group said this month, when the FCC announced the outlines of the plan. They argued that failure to act would "network operators to discriminate at will."
Some analysts believe that the technology will lead the new proposal, some Web users to pay higher prices.
The new policy allows ISPs to charge heavy users more than users of the light. Someone who gets a lot of video signals via Netflix could, for example at the bottom pay a higher price for access to the Web, anyone who is not the Web for video.
The FCC, in a vote that broke away along party lines, approved a new set of rules to support "net neutrality", the idea that the Internet is not dominated by a handful of great goalkeepers network traffic.
"For the first time we have to keep the traffic on Internet freedom and openness," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said before voting in favor of standards.
There was a consensus among consumer advocates and high-tech companies, the Internet should be an open forum for communication and commerce. But as it has been a source of heated debate with critics believe the free market that all curb regulations that innovation.
It remains to be seen whether the FCC will work in protecting consumers to be successful. The Commission itself is very divided on this point.
Why regulate?
Proponents of "net neutrality" argue that the inaction of a service provider like Comcast preferential treatment to their own content and services can be on those of another company, such as Netflix give the attempts to achieve its Comcast customers in the infrastructure.
Another member of the committee, said Robert McDowell shared concern of many opponents of the new policy.
"Nothing has slowed investment and innovation of the Internet - until now," before a "no" to a 3-2 by the Committee.
Mr. McDowell said that "capital is diverted to pay legal fees" rather than develop new services as they compete for the support of the FCC in a new legal framework. He said that the structure of the base is the rise of the Internet must not be politicized.
How the rules, still unpublished largely remains to be seen. But according to a procedure with fierce opposition from high-tech companies, the plan is a compromise that called for greater support for the industry.
Basics
Mr. Genachowski describes the basic principles of the plan:
Transparency for consumers on how the players handle the Internet backbone.
to send a right for consumers and innovators and to receive legitimate traffic and devices of their choice for the network.
Field to bring in the state regulators no winners and losers.
reasonable flexibility in pricing for the management of networks and services, encourage investment and innovation of private enterprises.
Criticism of the FCC on the left say that a step back from bolder ideas that were discussed earlier this year, the agency has given to private interests. The group Free Press, for example, argues the Commission issue a ban on "pay first" deals, in which an Internet service provider reduces the rate of extraction of customer data on a faster way than others. (The FCC said that such agreements are "unlikely to meet" the new policy.)
But on the right side, critics say the FCC is trying something that is not broken, and that antitrust law can be used to protect consumers when necessary fix. In addition, they say, the FCC has no power to regulate the Congress on the Internet.
Some rules better than nothing
place between visions of other analysts of high-tech, is that the new rules will be better regulation to severe or do not take new measures. Policies can help consumers during a battle in the industry, how to regulate the Web.
Obama, in a statement calling the FCC decision a victory for consumers, freedom of expression, and "American innovation."
Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, joined the Consumer Federation of America in the issuance of a receipt of the new plan.
"The unanimity of net neutrality may be impossible, but inaction is unacceptable," the group said this month, when the FCC announced the outlines of the plan. They argued that failure to act would "network operators to discriminate at will."
Some analysts believe that the technology will lead the new proposal, some Web users to pay higher prices.
The new policy allows ISPs to charge heavy users more than users of the light. Someone who gets a lot of video signals via Netflix could, for example at the bottom pay a higher price for access to the Web, anyone who is not the Web for video.
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