FCC’s Martin staying away

FCC Chair Kevin Martin told Globalcomm delegates on Monday that there is no need for the FCC to intervene further into the issue of .

Martin is quoted by Marketwatch as saying:

Consumers need to be able to access all the content that’s available over the Internet without being impeded by the access provider. But at the same time, we recognized that the people that are deploying these networks may offer differentiated speeds and differentiated products to the consumer.

And if you offer different tiers of speeds, a consumer chooses the lowest tier, and he wants to access content that would require higher speeds than he has purchased, he’s not being blocked from access. He just hasn’t purchased the speed that’s necessary.

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