INTERNET AND RIGHTS
Milan , November 10, 2014 – 17:14
US President Barack Obama takes the field in defense of the neutrality of the Web. a lengthy statement published on the website of the White House has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency that regulates the communications industry in the United States, to implement “strict rules” to protect net neutrality.
Highways to two lanes
A position that the President could stop the FCC’s decision to abolish net neutrality and create a two-speed Internet. “The network must be open, accessible and free,” says the president of the United States. So the White House decided not to get a fast highways for the giants of the network (willing to pay more) and slow for others, such as new start-ups and nonprofits. Obama asked to reclassify the Web as any other users (like water): “It ‘s time that the FCC recognizes that broadband has the same importance, and it involves the same commitments that you take for other vital services “. In very critical of the change, including several giants of Silicon Valley, including Google, Facebook and Microsoft (here the letter from Apple co-founder Wozniak), also putting pressure on the White House. Meanwhile, the news of the giants of the Internet have given ground on Wall Street: Comcast traveling at -3.02% and -3.37% Time Warner.
The reaction of the bags
The proclamation Obama has sparked protests and reactions. At the top of the phone giant Verizon, whose executives have said: “The reclassification under Title II, which for the first time would implement the 1930 rules for the utilities to the internet, it would be a radical change over time and could lead to more damage to a network open to competition and innovation. ” All the while the news of the giants of the Internet have given ground on Wall Street: Comcast traveling at -3.02% and -3.37% Time Warner.
November 10, 2014 | 17:14
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