CWA, NAACP Call for 'Strong, Legally Enforceable' Internet Rules

CWA and the NAACP called on the Federal Communications Commission to adopt strong, legally enforceable rules to safeguard an open Internet and to give the highest priority to investment and job creation.  

In joint comments submitted to the FCC, CWA and the NAACP urged the Commission to adopt four "bright-line" rules applicable to fixed and wireless broadband Internet access service providers.

These rules are:

• No Blocking.
• No Throttling.
• No Unreasonable Discrimination.
• Enhanced Transparency.

"The urgent need to upgrade our nation's communications networks to world-class standards and to close the digital divide demands that the Commission give the highest priority to investment and job creation in formulating open Internet principles and rules. The Commission must ensure that its Open Internet rules do not have the unintended consequence of dampening the private investment needed to build the next-generation networks that will bring our nation's broadband capability up to global standards and create and maintain good jobs," they wrote.

Read the full filing here.