美國朝網絡中立性邁進一步大綱

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote Thursday on a proposal that would ensure the nation's Internet sector operates as a free and open marketplace.

The commissioners are expected to approve a proposal offered by chairman Tom Wheeler that would ban so-called paid prioritization, in which big Internet service providers would charge content providers a higher fee to stream their material over cyberspace faster than smaller customers.

Wheeler's proposal, which he announced earlier this month, would regulate the Internet under a section of the decades old Communications Act that regulates the telephone industry like a public utility.

In an opinion piece for Wired magazine, Wheeler said his proposal would "preserve the Internet as an open platform for innovation and free expression."美國聯邦通信委員會星期四將投票表決一項有關確保美國互聯網成爲一個自由公開的交易平臺的提案。

預計該委員會將通過委員會主席維勒提交的這項提案。該提案禁止所謂的“付費優先權”，即互聯網服務商在收取內容提供商更高費用後，該提供商即可享受更快捷的寬帶服務。

維勒本月早些時候宣佈的這一提案將依照一項已實行數十年的通信法案來管理互聯網，而制定該法案的初衷是將電話業作爲公共設施加以管理。

維勒在《連線》雜誌上說，他的提案將確保互聯網成爲創意和自由見解的公開平臺。