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The Federal Communications Commission plans to write new rules to prevent Internet service providers from charging fees to companies like Netflix (NFLX) and Google (GOOG) to reach consumers at the highest speeds. The FCC said Wednesday it wants to ban broadband Internet providers like Comcast (CMCSA) and Verizon Communications (VZ) from blocking or slowing down access to any websites. U.S. courts have ruled against the FCC’s last two attempts to enforce so-called “net neutrality.” But the government agency says the policy is crucial to keeping the Internet free and open and allowing smaller companies to compete with larger firms. Internet service providers want the option to charge fees to content companies that use more bandwidth. But the FCC says that would give ISPs the power to determine winners and losers online and to crush potential over-the-top video services like Netflix. On Jan. 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the… Scalper1 News
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