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FTC Urged to Step Up Oversight of Telecom Companies Offering Net Access

An AP newswire article, via SiliconValley.com, reports that:

Consumer advocates on Tuesday said federal regulators need to increase oversight of telephone and cable companies that offer Internet access to ensure they aren't discriminating against certain providers of video and other Web content.

Gigi B. Sohn, president of Public Knowledge, a nonprofit group that focuses on communications law, said the Federal Trade Commission should also require more disclosure from telephone and cable companies about the Internet access speeds they promise to deliver to consumers.

Sohn spoke on the first of a two-day workshop convened by the FTC to discuss "network neutrality" issues. The phrase is shorthand for the concept that all online traffic should be treated equally by Internet service providers.

posted by Fergie @ 2/13/2007 06:17:00 PM