Obama: Broadband should be regulated as a utility

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US Postal Service suffers breach of employee, customer data WireLurker malware threatens to destroy a key Apple advantage Network World Daily News PM November 10, 2014 Obama: Broadband should be regulated as a utility President Barack Obama has made his strongest statement on net neutrality to date, calling on the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify broadband as a regulated utility, and to prohibit broadband providers from charging Web content producers for paid traffic prioritization.Obama on Monday called on the FCC to reclassify broadband as a common carrier, subject to telephone-style regulations, and to ban broadband carriers from selectively blocking or throttling Web traffic. The president waded into a contentious debate about reclassifying broadband, coming down on the opposite side of many large broadband carriers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 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