US Bill Heralds End Of Walled Gardens

“The draft telecomns reform bill released by the House Commerce Committee last week would ban fixed or wireless carriers from limiting access to content and applications, which would make it difficult for wireless carriers to keep their walled gardens…The House draft, an important first step in the telecoms reform process, replaces the distinction between telecoms and information services with a single category – broadband internet transmission service (BITS) providers. It would not allow content blocking, except to conserve network capacity “it this is deemed reasonable”, a term that should be further defined by the FCCs.”
Of course, there’s a difference between “not blocking content” and “offering consumers an easy way to surf the mobile web”. I also wonder if VoIP will be classed as content…

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