Higher Ed, Library Groups Criticize Proposed FCC Regulations

One week after 11 higher education and library groups presented their "net neutrality" principles, the organizations last Friday released their full comments in response to the Federal Communication Commission's notice of proposed rule-making. The FCC has proposed creating a "fast lane" for online traffic for vendors willing to pay for access to it, which the organizations say could negatively impact everything from digital humanities scholarship to digitizing library resources. In the comments, the groups support reclassifying internet service providers as utility providers, which would give the FCC more power to regulate them.