FCC's "Net Neutrality" Looking To Regulate The Internet?

On October 22, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a potentially controversial proceeding that looks toward regulation of the Internet. The FCC has proposed to formally codify certain Internet-openness policies that it has followed for the past several years, while adding two more policies.

The four existing policies state that consumers are entitled to run the lawful applications of their choice, to connect legal devices of their choice, to access the lawful Internet content of their choice and to have competition between and among Internet access providers.

The fifth principle would ban discrimination by Internet access providers between and among lawful content, applications and services.