AT&T's Net Neutrality Claim is 'Misleading'

The chairman of the Internet Engineering Task Force says that AT&T’s recent claims on net neutrality are misleading. I guess the IETF didn’t like the way AT&T put words in their mouth.

"AT&T in their letter (to the Federal Communications Commission) says the IETF envisioned this," Housley said. "That's not my view." This particular debate began earlier this week, when AT&T sent the FCC a letter (PDF) arguing that telecommunications providers need the ability to set different prices for different forms of Internet service. Paid prioritization, AT&T said, was a form of network management that was "fully contemplated by the IETF" more than a decade ago.

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