Comcast Agrees With Obama’s Net Neutrality Speech
Comcast Agrees With Obama’s Net Neutrality Speech
President Obama made public his call for net neutrality recently, and Comcast came forward to agree with him. However, the company does not fully agree with the president when it comes to how net neutrality should be achieved. David Cohen, the executive VP of Comcast, expressed his support for the president’s speech on net neutrality in a blog post right after. However, he says that he does not agree with some of the sentiments expressed by Obama.
The VP said that Comcast while supporting the president does not believe that net neutrality should be done by reclassifying broadband as a telecommunication service under the Telecommunications Act (1996). The VP believes that broadband should instead be reclassified as an information service. He believes that such a move would allow the FCC to offer more extensive regulations under Title II of the Act.
Comcast Will Not Benefit From Net Neutrality Changes Anytime Soon
According to the VP, Comcast feels that new rules should be written by the FCC for the Internet under the Telecommunication Act. Although he is quite vocal about the issue of net neutrality, critics are quick to point out that any changes in net neutrality rules will be of no benefit to Comcast for quite some time to come. This is because the company is bound to the FCC’s previous net neutrality rules for the coming four years no matter what changes are made at present. This is as a condition of its merger with NBC Universal that happened in 2013. Comcast has to stick to the rules of their net neutrality agreement as at that time until 2018.
The net neutrality debate has been a hot topic for a long time. It has been reignited by Obama’s recent announcements on his stand concerning the issue. We can only wait and see which way the coin falls concerning this hot issue.
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