Genachowski Proposes Codifying Neutrality Principles; Hutchison Wants to Block New FCC Rules

摘要

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has announced he will soon be asking his fellow Commissioners to set in motion the process to codify the agency's four existing network neutrality "principles" as regulations, along with two more principles that would mandate nondiscrimi-nation and transparency on the part of broadband Internet access providers.rnRegarding the effect of the proposals on wireless service providers, Chairman Genachowski said that his proposal applies "to the Internet no matter how accessed," and that he would ask his fellow Commissioners to clarify that in the rulemaking.rnGiven strong statements of support from fellow Democratic Commissioners Michael J. Copps and Mignon L. Clyburn, the Chairman appears to have the votes to get the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and subsequent order adopted, although a split decision seems likely, absent some serious compromise, in light of the misgivings stated by Republican Commissioners Robert M. McDowell and Meredith A. Baker in a joint statement.