BEWARE 慤NINTENDED CONSEQUENCES?OF NET NEUTRALITY, PHOENIX CENTER WARNS

摘要

Net neutrality controls that block agreements between broadband service providers and Internet content providers could cause unintentional harm to consumers, the Phoenix Center said. It抯 equivalent to barring online merchants like Amazon.com from making bulk shipping arrangements with UPS or the U.S. Postal Service that save customers money, the study said. 揂ncillary yet important services like shipping are often bundled with the sale of a final product because it is more efficient for those services to be procured by the firm selling the product rather than obtained individually by the consumer,?Phoenix said: 揘etwork neutrality proposals would prevent similar cost-saving measures from being passed through to broadband Internet consumers for services like streaming video.?/font>