FCC and Congress Need to Slap Down Comcast and Adopt Open Internet Access Rules

FCC AND CONGRESS NEED TO SLAP DOWN COMCAST AND ADOPT OPEN INTERNET ACCESS RULES
[SOURCE: hearusnow.org, AUTHOR: Bob Williams]
[Commentary] Comcast’s latest efforts to undercut the principles of network neutrality and turn the Internet into a hierarchy based on who is willing to pay the most to move their content across its network is both chilling and creepy. It’s past time for Comcast and many other Internet service providers to be reminded that the only reason they have their networks is because they were granted right-of-way rights and monopoly status by the public through their elected representatives. In exchange, these companies are expected to abide by certain rules and expectations, including the principles of network neutrality. For the sake of every consumer who uses the Internet, the FCC needs to slap down Comcast hard and make it clear that it takes the principles of network neutrality seriously. At the same time, Congress needs to pass pending legislation to enshrine the concept of net neutrality into law. Comcast and other Internet service providers have made it more than clear they cannot be trusted to operate under the honor system.
http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/hun/2008/02/fcc_and_congress_need_to_slap_1.html