Civil rights groups: FCC should allow network management

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS: FCC SHOULD ALLOW NETWORK MANAGEMENT
[SOURCE: InfoWorld, AUTHOR: Grant Gross]
The National Black Chamber of Commerce, Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association, League of Rural Voters, and National Council of Women's Organizations have filed joint comments at the Federal Communications Commission arguing that the FCC should allow broadband providers to manage their networks and slow "bandwidth hogs," despite concerns that such practices arbitrarily target some customers. Net neutrality rules for broadband providers would protect bandwidth hogs at the expense of other customers and civic organizations, the groups say. "Regulations prohibiting network management risk undermining free speech on the Internet by allowing P2P traffic to overwhelm the network and prevent non-P2P traffic from reaching its destination," the coalition said in its filing. "The effective prioritization of P2P traffic would represent an altogether new type of 'back of the bus' second-class status for our speech on broadband networks -- and ought to be resoundingly rejected."
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