DNS Company Nominum Sees Room for Compromise on Net Neutrality

found some signs of general agreement in the contentious proceeding. The record “demonstrates support for the Commission to adopt a framework that promotes transparency, prohibits blocking and throttling, and allows carriers flexibility to manage their networks,” the company said. Wednesday "could very well mark the official beginning of the end for the Open Internet," said Gigi Sohn, aide to former Chairman Tom Wheeler when the 2015 rules were approved. "With the closing of the public comment period for the FCC’s proceeding to repeal the 2015 Net Neutrality rules, the record is now full of tens of millions of comments, many of them demonstrably fake. Incredibly, it doesn't even matter if the facts are real or alternative because Chairman [Ajit] Pai intends to ignore them all so that he can eliminate the rules and protections for Internet users and innovators as quickly as possible." Credo Mobile, a wireless carrier that dedicates some of its profits to progressive causes, told the FCC it shouldn’t redo the rules. “Without the bright­line rules that are only available under Title II, the world’s most vibrant public sphere would be subject to the whims and predatory business decisions of a few large corporations that control how the vast majority of Americans get online." The National Federation of Filipino American Associations said Title II reclassification harmed investment. “There is little disagreement over the need for net neutrality,” the group commented. “Nobody -- including the ISPs -- argues in favor of blocking, throttling, slow lanes, or any other methods that would undermine net neutrality. However, NaFFAA is concerned when it comes to the use of Title II as a means to protect these principles.” The FCC logged 4,333 comments Tuesday in 17-108 by our deadline and more than 21.8 million comments overall.