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Net Neutrality Advocate Explains 5G Slicing Concerns

Barbara van Schewick, director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, spoke with aides to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and Commissioner Geoffrey Starks to expand on concerns she raised last week on draft net neutrality order’s approach to…

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5G network slicing (see 2404120045). “The draft order turns the brightline no-throttling rule into a new, vague case-by-case standard,” said her filing posted Thursday in docket 23-320. “This opens the door to ISPs’ creating fast lanes for select apps or kinds of apps, as long as the application provider does not charge for it,” van Schewick said. “There is no way to predict which kinds of fast lanes the FCC might ultimately find to violate the no-throttling rule.”