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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1545715" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/republicans-internet-freedom-act-would-wipe-out-net-neutrality/" target="_blank">Republicans’ “Internet Freedom Act” would wipe out net neutrality - ARS Technica</a>Internet providers need the freedom to block and throttle Internet traffic.US Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) this week filed legislation she calls the &quot;Internet Freedom Act&quot; to overturn the Federal Communications Commission&#039;s new network neutrality rules.The FCC&#039;s neutrality rules prohibit Internet service providers from blocking or throttling Internet traffic, prohibit prioritization of traffic in exchange for payment, and require the ISPs to disclose network management practices.Blackburn&#039;s legislation would also wipe out the FCC&#039;s decision to reclassify broadband as a common carrier service subject to some of the <a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/12/worst-case-scenario-why-the-cable-lobby-is-scared-of-becoming-a-utility/" target="_blank">Title II obligations</a> imposed on wireline telephone and mobile voice. But while Internet providers and some Republicans have claimed to support net neutrality rules while opposing Title II reclassification, this bill would not leave any network neutrality rules in place. That&#039;s not surprising, given that Blackburn has been trying to get rid of net neutrality rules for years.The legislation has <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1212/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr+1212%22%5D%7D" target="_blank">31 Republican cosponsors</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1545715, member: 1"] [URL='http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/03/republicans-internet-freedom-act-would-wipe-out-net-neutrality/'][B]Republicans’ “Internet Freedom Act” would wipe out net neutrality - ARS Technica[/B][/URL] [I]Internet providers need the freedom to block and throttle Internet traffic.[/I] US Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) this week filed legislation she calls the "Internet Freedom Act" to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's new network neutrality rules. The FCC's neutrality rules prohibit Internet service providers from blocking or throttling Internet traffic, prohibit prioritization of traffic in exchange for payment, and require the ISPs to disclose network management practices. Blackburn's legislation would also wipe out the FCC's decision to reclassify broadband as a common carrier service subject to some of the [URL='http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/12/worst-case-scenario-why-the-cable-lobby-is-scared-of-becoming-a-utility/']Title II obligations[/URL] imposed on wireline telephone and mobile voice. But while Internet providers and some Republicans have claimed to support net neutrality rules while opposing Title II reclassification, this bill would not leave any network neutrality rules in place. That's not surprising, given that Blackburn has been trying to get rid of net neutrality rules for years. The legislation has [URL='https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1212/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr+1212%22%5D%7D']31 Republican cosponsors[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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