Three public interest groups, Free Press, Public Knowledge, and the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute, have taken the first formal step in lodging a complaint against a carrier with the Federal Communications Commission. They have served notice to AT&T that in 10 days, they intend to file an official complaint that it violates Net neutrality by requiring users to have a certain data plan in order to use Apple’s FaceTime video conferencing chat system. The groups cited the FCC’s Open Internet rules, which took effect in 2010.
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AT&T Could Lose Face in Net Neutrality Fuss Over FaceTime
Posted by: Erika Morphy September 19, 2012 05:00 AMThree public interest groups, Free Press, Public Knowledge, and the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute, have taken the first formal step in lodging a complaint against a carrier with the Federal Communications Commission. They have served notice to AT&T that in 10 days, they intend to file an official complaint that it violates Net neutrality by requiring users to have a certain data plan in order to use Apple’s FaceTime video conferencing chat system. The groups cited the FCC’s Open Internet rules, which took effect in 2010.