Network Neutrality has rarely been out of the news for the last three years, but it picked up even more steam last fall when the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that included six proposed rules to preserve an “Open Internet”.  The first four are based on the principles of the FCC’s broadband Policy Statement of 2005, which require open access to lawful content, applications, devices and competition, all subject to reasonable network management. The NPRM also introduced two new rules: non-discrimination and transparency, also subject to reasonable network management.

While public comments to the NPRM were streaming in, Read the rest of this entry »