Skype to FCC: Keep the Internet Open & Neutral

Skype, a big proponent of open networks and network neutrality, in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission argued that net neutrality was "about growing the broadband ecosystem and preserving a borderless, open Internet" and said it would "promote investment, jobs and innovation." The company said that it "welcomes the Commission's focus on preserving an open Internet and strongly supports the proposed six principles described in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking." Earlier, the FCC had come up with a framework pertaining to broadband and wireless networks and issues of network neutrality. The FCC has been seeking responses on sensitive and divisive issues such as reasonable network management. Skype's stance makes sense given that the company needs net neutrality to keep going and growing.