Open internet advocates blast FCC net-neutrality withdrawal as faulty on network security

The Federal Communications Commission's plan for withdrawing the net-neutrality order, issued under the Obama administration, mischaracterizes network security measures used by internet service providers and would abandon the FCC's statutory obligation to protect consumers, according to open-access advocates in comments submitted this week to the commission.

The existence of “Such security processes protects the integrity and continued operation of a provider’s own network, and does not alter the fundamental character of the modular transmission function in broadband access service,” the...