The FCC should adopt “light-touch” net neutrality and...

The FCC should adopt “light-touch” net neutrality and prohibit broadband Internet access providers from charging for prioritized access, Internet Association CEO Michael Beckerman, Gina Woodworth, IA’s vice president-public policy and government affairs, and General Counsel Markham Erickson told Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and aides July 23, said an ex parte notice (http://bit.ly/1tWBw8s) posted in docket 14-28 on Monday. The commercially reasonable test would create “uncertainty and needless litigation,” the association said. Net neutrality rules should apply to any ISP, regardless of wired or wireless, it said. Net neutrality is “critical in maintaining fairness to all who use the Internet from the smallest to the largest users,” Sunset Digital Communications President Paul Elswick, Vice President Ryan Elswick, and Director-Special Projects Daniel Wells told FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s aides July 24, said an ex parte notice (http://bit.ly/1la6vsg) posted in the docket Tuesday. The officials met with Gigi Sohn, FCC special counsel for external affairs; Daniel Alvarez, legal adviser, and Elizabeth McIntyre, Pricing Policy Division deputy chief. Networks like Comcast and Verizon “intend to extort the transport provider” in addition to content providers, said Sunset, which advocated for common-carrier regulations.