It Was Nice While It Lasted

Tuesday, 29 April 2014 15:26
By Joe Macare, Truthout | Message

They say that all good things must come to an end. I don't know if that's true. But when it comes to an open Internet, something which I've very much appreciated having and I suspect you have too, it looks like that saying might be true.

After a federal appeals court threw out the existing rules on net neutrality in January, the Federal Communications Commission now looks to be proposing weaker rules that would allow big Internet service providers like AT&T and Verizon to charge websites premium fees to deliver content to consumers more quickly.