Obama pushes for strong legislation that protects … – Vasco Journal

US President Barack Obama, has dealt a blow Monday to the big mobile phone companies and cable to publicly pressure the federal communications regulator to adopt tougher rules dealing providers Internet and utilities.

Shares of major companies providing internet services, Comcast and Time Warner Cable, plummeted during the session, after Obama say they should be reclassified to face tougher regulations, which prevent them sign agreements with content companies paid to have access to a “fast track.”

These statements are part of a statement about “net neutrality”, a commitment by Obama himself in his 2008 campaign commitment, although it is an odd White House involvement in establishing policies an independent agency.

The initiative would prohibit service providers from blocking Internet content

Previously, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC, for its acronym in English) received nearly 4 million comments, mostly as a result of intense campaign network defenders consumers, in response to the proposal made in May its president, Tom Wheeler, to set new standards. The initiative would prohibit service providers from blocking Internet content, but allowed them to reach “commercially reasonable” agreements with content providers to ensure an adequate and fast traffic.

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While Wheeler promised control agreements that may harm consumers, many were concerned that it might create “fast lanes” for companies that pay, while the rest are relegated to “slow lane.” The companies providing Internet services, meanwhile, say they have not signed or will sign agreements “payment priority”.

Threat agreements

However, some analysts say that stricter regulations may also threaten the so-called interconnection agreements, such as Netflix that reached this year with Comcast, Verizon and AT & T to improve service road directly connecting to their servers. The cable companies and mobile did press hard on Monday warned that the decision to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service threatens public investment and innovation.

Obama has sided with consumer advocates to demand that the payment priority

Obama, traveling in Asia, has released a statement and a video message on the network recognizing that the FCC ban is an independent agency and that the decision is “his alone”. However, it has been aligned with consumer advocates in calling for banning the “priority of payment” and reclassified to service providers and public. He also said that the FCC should apply its rules equally to providers of fixed and mobile Internet, recognizing the special challenges of managing a setback for the industry wireless networks.

Wheeler, a close Obama friend, said in a separate statement that should take time “to do the job properly, once and for all, to successfully protect consumers and innovators in the network “. Republicans have not hesitated to quickly criticize Obama’s words. So, Senator John Thune said that “the call of the President (…) turn the Internet into a well regulated by the government that affect this dynamic and robust sector rules written about 80 years ago the old telephone service.”