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The FTC Sells Out 1

But that surprises us how? Republicans worship the dollar.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to abandon net neutrality and allow telecoms companies to charge websites for access.

The FTC said in a report that, despite popular support for net neutrality, it was minded to let the market sort out the issue.

This means that the organisation will not stand in the way of companies using differential pricing to make sure that some websites can be viewed more quickly than others. The report also counsels against net neutrality legislation.

Via Susie.

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  1. Opie

    July 5, 2007 at 12:14 am

    If enough people support it, there will be providers who make a selling point of voluntarily supporting net neutrality. And there are those who claim that behind the scenes, the net has never been truly neutral anyway, and that this decision just clarifies the legality of treating different IP packets differently.