Net Neutrality Becomes a Reality

Yesterday (12/21) the FCC voted 3-2 to impose net neutrality standards on ISPs. I’ve talked a lot about net neutrality on this blog and I’m pretty happy to see the FCC taking some action (though I’d have much preferred that some body of elected officials taken action). I have not yet had a chance to fully digest the specifics of the ruling (it’s been a busy few days at work…).

I’ll comment in full in the near future, but for now here is the announcement and some links to reactions/commentary/etc.

Official FCC Announcement:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303745A1.doc
Chairman Genachowski’s statement:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-303745A1.doc
Steve Wozniak weighs in:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/12/an-open-letter-to-the-fcc-regarding-net-neutrality/68294/
Likelihood of a Republican Congressing Overturning:
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/134817-analyst-congress-unlikely-to-overturn-net-neutrality
Kevin Fogerty of IT World:
http://www.itworld.com/government/131583/what-you-lost-fccs-net-neutrality-ruling
Mashable:
http://mashable.com/2010/12/21/fcc-passes-net-neutrality/
MG from TechCrunch:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/21/verizon-google-fcc-net-neutrality/
Alexia from TechCrunch:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/21/fcc-net-neutrality-vote-is-just-the-beginning/

That’s all for now. That’s plenty of reading (some of it I haven’t gotten all the way through yet) that should give you a pretty good idea of the reaction. I’ll provide my own analysis soon.

Good Talk,
Tom