Facebook Among More Than 100 Internet Companies Urging FCC To Maintain Network Neutrality

Facebook was among the more than 100 Internet companies that sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, urging it to reconsider the two-tiered Internet rules it is set to officially propose May 15.

NetNeutrality650Facebook was among the more than 100 Internet companies that sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, urging it to reconsider the two-tiered Internet rules it is set to officially propose May 15.

According to press reports and FCC briefings, the commission intends to authorize Internet-service providers to create a two-tiered Internet, slow and faster, and to charge Web companies for access to the faster tier.

The letter, also embedded below, reads:

We write to express our support for a free and open Internet.

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