One year ago today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined his view of network neutrality in a major speech. Part of his proposal involved a no-discrimination principle "stating that broadband providers cannot discriminate against particular Internet content or applications. This means they cannot block or degrade lawful traffic over their networks, or pick winners by favoring some content or applications over others in the connection to subscribers' homes."
ISP Cox Communications does not—to put it delicately—entirely subscribe to this view. In fact, the company has thrown down the gauntlet to Genachowski in the form of its Terms of Service. The Cox TOS explicitly grants the company the right to do all those things Genachowski publicly said should be stopped.
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