#apple asks FCC for ‘strong, enforceable open internet protections’
August 31, 2017 | Uncategorized

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In its first comment on the FCC’s proposed rollback of net neutrality rules, Apple called on the agency to keep “strong, enforceable open internet protections.”
“We work hard to build great products, and what consumers do with those tools is up to them — not Apple, and not broadband providers,” the comment, signed by Vice President of Public Policy Cynthia Hogan, says.
The comment argues that the protections are important to consumers, and follows some of the arguments that net neutrality advocates have made in the past. Paid fast lines should not replace “content-neutral transmission of internet traffic,” the company argues, in part. The comment…