Computer Weekly writes "The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to move toward giving itself the authority to regulate the transmission component of broadband Internet service.
The FCC wants to re-establish its authority after a US federal appeals court found in April that the regulator had exceeded its authority in asking cable network provider Comcast to stop throttling BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic.
Google, Amazon and other content providers have been pushing for net neutrality regulations that will prevent telecoms firms from favouring or discriminating against certain types of content. The FCC argues that the additional power is central to expanding the availability of broadband in the US, according to the New York Times."
