It’s time to rebrand net neutrality, said House...
It’s time to rebrand net neutrality, said House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., Thursday. She launched a competition to allow people to propose a new phrase for the concept on reddit, where people can vote for or against…
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responses (http://bit.ly/1ABvoq3). The term is “ambiguous” and “misused and abused in this debate,” Eshoo said in a video announcing the contest (http://bit.ly/1rouI6k): “The ISPs that stand to benefit from this at the expense of consumers like it that way.” She attacked the FCC’s current proposal under consideration, saying it “could split the flow of online traffic into tiers by offering priority treatment to big online corporations that offer higher fees to broadband providers” and lamented that “most Americans have one or two ISPs available to them, so they'd be forced to accept a broadband provider’s decision to prioritize certain websites over others under the proposed FCC rules.” The FCC has defended its net neutrality rulemaking and tried to push back against the notion that any final plan would allow paid prioritization deals. On reddit, Eshoo said she wants to bring clarity and that the most popular entry will win on Sept. 8, also warning against the use of “vulgar or otherwise inappropriate language.” The reddit post soon amassed well over 1,000 comments. “Internet Independence,” one user suggested. “Net Equality,” another proposed. Others insisted the name is fine. Free Press Senior Director-Strategy Tim Karr also countered the idea, writing on the reddit thread: “How about: Net Neutrality.”