Internet fast-lane plan roasted at US Senate hearing

Scepticism voiced over ‘paid prioritisation’ model being touted by US regulator for cable companies and internet content providers

18 septembre 2014 à 5h34

Tech, Médias

par Brian Beary

On both sides of the Atlantic, lawmakers and regulators are asking the same question: can internet service providers, on top of billing consumers, make the internet content providers pay extra for high-speed streaming of data-heavy products like voice and video. In searching for a compromise in the so-called net neutrality debate, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may have succeeded in a way it never intended: uniting opposing sides against its May 2014 proposal. At a US Senate hearing on…

Regulatory timeline

The FCC has received 3.7 million responses to its public consultation on its May 2014 proposed rule on net neutrality. It aims to finalise the rule by the end of 2014. In the EU, net neutrality is one of the hottest topics in the telecoms legislative package, which the European Parliament and Council of Ministers will negotiate.

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