By a vote of 3-2 Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission passed so-called Net Neutrality rules designed to prevent content discrimination on the Internet.

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While the merger will give Comcast unmatched control over media content for a cable provider, a number of net neutrality checks imposed on it will limit this advantage.

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With uncertainty surrounding the Net Neutrality issue, it is easy to see how content and over-the-top service providers could benefit from deploying their own networks as an alternative to conventional telco and mobile carrier networks.

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Last year's fight over the arcane concept of network neutrality--the absence of restrictions on the type of content that can move over the privately owned networks that comprise the Internet--was just a preview.

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Net neutrality rules prohibit Internet service providers from blocking, favoring or disfavoring content or services for reasons other than what is necessary to responsibly manage their networks.

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Instead, neutrality is a politicized make-work campaign dedicated to ensuring that infrastructure owners and content owners remain artificially and perpetually in conflict.

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He's the guy who coined the term "net neutrality" back in 2002, for the proposition that networks should aspire to treat all content, sites and platforms equally.

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As Microsoft definitely gets into IP, high-def movie downloads, content on your PC and your Xbox and all these different Microsoft hardware platforms, how are rulings on net neutrality and net neutrality law going to affect Microsoft's business?

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The blogs had a field day on Monday with the question of whether Google's plan to stash its content close to the telecommunications networks violates its support for one of theological underpinnings of the Internet age, namely net neutrality.

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