Obama continues to make choices that pleasantly surprise.
From CBC:
Genachowski is considered a supporter of net neutrality — the principle that the internet should be kept open and free from interference or restrictions from service providers such as throttling of download speeds or shaping traffic so some applications work faster than others.
He has also been an opponent of media consolidation and an advocate of affordable broadband.
Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press, a media advocacy group promoting universal access to communications, and diverse and independent media ownership, praised the potential selection.
This will be a great thing for Canada as well. Why? With changes such as this it will lend more ammunition to stay Stephen Harper’s (soon defeated?) government’s own path on net neutrality.
Read on.
