FTC Urged To Increase Internet Oversight
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Consumer Advocate Wants More FTC Oversight Of Internet
The president of a nonprofit group that focuses on communications law has called on the FTC to increase oversight of telephone and cable companies that offer Internet access, AP reports. Gigi Sohn, the president of Public Knowledge, said at a workshop assembled by the FTC that her group wants the FTC to ensure that Internet providers are not discriminating against certain providers of video and other Web content. She also said regulators should require more disclosure from telephone and cable companies about the Internet speeds they say they will give consumers. Sohn's points concern the long and heated debate over network neutrality, or the concept that all online traffic should be treated equally by Internet service providers. Robert Pepper, an executive at the networking equipment company Cisco Systems, said "new, detailed ... regulation would be counterproductive and instead the FTC should play a leadership role in protecting consumers and competition by exercising its authority ... on a case-by-case basis."
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