FCC approved a plan to abolish net neutrality

Federal Agency Communications (FCC) has approved a plan proposed by the chairman of the agency by Tom Wheeler. The continuation of the review of the law on the abolition of network neutrality voted three members of a special commission FCC, among them Tom Wheeler himself. Opposed by only two members. Now plan Wheeler moved to the stage of public review, which will last about four months.
In mid-October, FCC again will have to vote for the package of proposals, which by this time will be finalized on the basis of comments and observations on it.

The principle of net neutrality has been introduced FCC in 2010. This concept allows to provide equality of service providers when handling traffic, according to him, all traffic should be passed with the same maximum speed, regardless of its source.
Many American providers have long advocated for the abolition of network neutrality, among them such as Verizon, AT & T and others. They require FCC able to charge an additional fee for the traffic of individual services.
In turn, for the preservation of the principles of net neutrality advocates a large number of innovative companies. In early May, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Yahoo and many other companies have addressed a letter to the FCC, which was called the abolition of network neutrality death threat over the internet, and their views are supported by the White House.

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