NATOA and the Benton Foundation File Comments in Support of FCC Net Neutrality Policy
Yesterday, NATOA and the Benton Foundation filed comments with
the FCC on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would codify the FCC’s four
existing Broadband Principles and would add two more (transparency and
non-discrimination). NATOA supports the FCC’s proposed actions and stated
in the filing that “network neutrality guarantees are necessary because major
private providers have demonstrated their ability and willingness to interfere
with communications across endpoints on the network for reasons that are
unrelated to legitimate network management needs.”
NATOA’s filing also
highlights our previous advocacy for an open internet and references NATOA’s
Net Neutrality Policy (adopted in 2007) and NATOA’s Broadband Principles
(adopted in 2008). The filing also provides encouragement for the FCC to
take additional steps to ensure an open internet.
The full text of NATOA’s filing is available here.