Preserving the Open Internet, Broadband Industry Practices, Report and Order, 25 FCC Rcd 17905, 17936-41 – passed into law November 20, 2011. ISP providers are required to post their company’s Open Internet Principles on their website within 45 days of the effective date of this
- Establishes protections for broadband service to preserve and reinforce Internet freedom and openness.
- A Company engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service shall publicly disclose accurate information regarding the network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its broadband Internet access services sufficient for consumers to make informed choices regarding use of such services and for content, application, service, and device providers to develop, market, and maintain Internet offerings.
- Transparency: fixed and mobile broadband providers must disclose the network management practices, performance characteristics, and commercial terms of their broadband services.
- No blocking: fixed broadband providers may not block lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices; mobile broadband providers may not block lawful Web sites, or block applications that compete with their voice or video telephony services.
- No unreasonable discrimination: fixed broadband providers may not unreasonably discriminate in transmitting lawful network traffic.
- Reasonable network management. ISPs may engage in reasonable network management to maintain a high quality of service for broadband Internet access.
