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&lt;p&gt;Should &amp;ldquo;net neutrality&amp;rdquo; &amp;mdash;the principle that ISPs ought not be allowed to favor some content with faster delivery&amp;mdash;be legally enshrined to ensure &amp;ldquo;consumers the broadband Internet our country and economy need&amp;rdquo;?  (The &amp;ldquo;Father of the Internet&amp;rdquo; says YES.  Oh, except for wireless.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recent FCC efforts to work out a broad agreement on net neutrality have been stalled&amp;mdash;and have prompted a widely decried Google/Verizon splinter proposal. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A recent, thoughtful&amp;mdash;and pro-Google&amp;mdash;piece in the NYTimes&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; considers the state of play.  Joe Nocera argues, essentially, that the Obama FCC&amp;mdash;rhetorically strongly in favor of net neutrality&amp;mdash;has painted itself into a corner by abdicating jurisdiction under the 1996 Telecommunications Act:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Net neutrality is in limbo because the public interest purists believe that any compromise is a sellout, and because the F.C.C. so badly shot itself in the foot by pursuing the Comcast case. It is difficult to see how we&amp;rsquo;re ever going to get net neutrality rules.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This &amp;ldquo;muddle ground&amp;rdquo; is, however, a good thing:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Consumers have come to expect an open Internet, and companies will violate net neutrality at their peril. That is just the way the Internet has evolved.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;li type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;Kelley Drye&amp;rsquo;s handy telecom law blog takes a look at &amp;ldquo;Overlooked Elements of the Verizon-Google Net Neutrality Proposal.&amp;rdquo; (&amp;ldquo;Overlooked elements&amp;rdquo; in any proposed law is functionally synonymous with &amp;ldquo;where the lawyers will get busy.&amp;rdquo;) &lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;Engadget offers a layman&#39;s primer on the Google/Verizon proposal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li type=&quot;disc&quot;&gt;Obviously this is all a moot argument if the Web is Dead.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;-posted by brian&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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