by Michael Cheah Staff
Feb 26, 2015
Today, the FCC voted on rules that will help keep the Internet a truly open platform for innovation and creative expression. These rules prohibit carriers from discriminating against or throttling traffic between users and Internet companies like Vimeo. This is great news for innovators, creators, and their audiences, and we applaud the FCC for its bold action today. We also want to give a big shout-out to the White House for its strong support of net neutrality and to the Vimeo community, who submitted comments to the FCC, emailed or telephoned their member of Congress, or posted statements and tweeted about net neutrality.
Vimeo pushed for strong net neutrality rules after the FCC proposed different rules in May 2014 that would have allowed carriers to charge Internet companies fees for “priority” service. As we explained in September, this would have created a two-tiered Internet in which large companies could continue providing their consumers with the service they’re accustomed to while everyone else got poor, constantly interrupted service:
Fortunately, after receiving nearly 4 million comments demanding net neutrality, the FCC recognized that we need strong rules to prevent carriers from deciding who gets to have high-quality Internet service and who doesn’t. We’re pleased to see the FCC invoke Title II of the Telecommunications Act to ensure that it has the proper authority to ban discrimination and throttling as well as new harmful practices that emerge as technology changes. Contrary to what some have said, this doesn’t represent a power grab by the FCC to regulate Internet content and services. We wouldn’t have advocated for rules that did! Rather, it’s about setting a level playing field for those who wish to access the Internet.
To learn more about the new rules approved by the FCC earlier today, visit fcc.gov/openinternet. And please join us in celebrating this incredibly important victory for the Internet!
Feb 26, 2015
Today, the FCC voted on rules that will help keep the Internet a truly open platform for innovation and creative expression. These rules prohibit carriers from discriminating against or throttling traffic between users and Internet companies like Vimeo. This is great news for innovators, creators, and their audiences, and we applaud the FCC for its bold action today. We also want to give a big shout-out to the White House for its strong support of net neutrality and to the Vimeo community, who submitted comments to the FCC, emailed or telephoned their member of Congress, or posted statements and tweeted about net neutrality.
Vimeo pushed for strong net neutrality rules after the FCC proposed different rules in May 2014 that would have allowed carriers to charge Internet companies fees for “priority” service. As we explained in September, this would have created a two-tiered Internet in which large companies could continue providing their consumers with the service they’re accustomed to while everyone else got poor, constantly interrupted service:
Fortunately, after receiving nearly 4 million comments demanding net neutrality, the FCC recognized that we need strong rules to prevent carriers from deciding who gets to have high-quality Internet service and who doesn’t. We’re pleased to see the FCC invoke Title II of the Telecommunications Act to ensure that it has the proper authority to ban discrimination and throttling as well as new harmful practices that emerge as technology changes. Contrary to what some have said, this doesn’t represent a power grab by the FCC to regulate Internet content and services. We wouldn’t have advocated for rules that did! Rather, it’s about setting a level playing field for those who wish to access the Internet.
To learn more about the new rules approved by the FCC earlier today, visit fcc.gov/openinternet. And please join us in celebrating this incredibly important victory for the Internet!
Nuestra organizacion se place en anunciar que la Air Force Association (AFA) nos ha certificado como parte de su programa Cyber Patriot Program (CPP). Este programa persigue orientar a la juventud sobre los peligros del ciber-terrorismo asi como permite que estos aprendan sobre tecnicas para prevenir el mismo.
Ademas, este programa es auspiciado por la corporacion Microsoft y su servicio DreamSpark, que permite adquirir programas Microsoft gratuitos para ayudar en la enseñanza de nuestros jovenes.
Una vez mas USSACP haciendo la diferencia aqui y en el ciberespacio!!!
Ademas, este programa es auspiciado por la corporacion Microsoft y su servicio DreamSpark, que permite adquirir programas Microsoft gratuitos para ayudar en la enseñanza de nuestros jovenes.
Una vez mas USSACP haciendo la diferencia aqui y en el ciberespacio!!!