FCC should not abandon net neutrality

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Author(s) Tampa Bay Times editorial board
Source Tampa Bay Times
Date November 27, 2017
URL http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial-FCC-should-not-abandon-net-neutrality_163051410
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Keep in mind that ISPs already use public rights of way on the ground and that the coming 5G high-speed wireless technology will require multitudes of wireless antennas on public rights of way and will broadcast over parts of the public airwaves. And yet, the FCC chairman’s plan would allow ISPs to exploit this public good to throttle content, to charge Netflix or Amazon or Facebook for a faster on-ramp to the information superhighway or potentially block them altogether. Worse, they could favor those who could easily pay a king’s ransom — Facebook, to name one — over those who couldn’t, perhaps a social media start-up or a promising small business.


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This item argues against the position Net neutrality should be repealed on the topic Net neutrality in the United States.