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Verizon says net neutrality ruling won't change anything
By Queena Kim
The Internet got less neutral today: A federal appeals court struck down a Federal Communications Commission ruling that prohibited Internet Service providers from slowing down, blocking or otherwise restricting Web content.
So here’s the new reality, internet service providers can now charge websites for faster access. And they can slow down content or block it all together, according to Craig Aaron, the president of Free Press, a non-profit that advocates for net neutrality.
Aaron says the ruling is bad for competition and consumers... But Steve Weber, professor at UC Berkeley, says “it’s much more complicated than that.” According to Weber, net neutrality has stifled innovation among telecom and cable companies, who don’t invest in expensive services. “For example, if you’re doing telesurgery. If you’re Verizon, you would like to provide, say, a medical grade network,” Weber says....