"Take Net Neutrality Back to the Future"

in the news | November 12, 2014

USA Today

New America:

Prices for broadband are also much higher in the U.S. than in many other countries, a 2013 report released by the think tank New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute found. With few restrictions on ISPs and limited options for consumers, ISP giants have been engaging in anti-competitive practices, such as slowing down or even blocking customers' access to some websites.

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