The $85-billion merger of AT&T and BellSouth, approved last month by the Federal Communications Commission, has given advocates of network neutrality reason to celebrate. The terms of the merger require that AT&T treat all Internet traffic equally and not give preference to certain Web sites by speeding up delivery of their content to consumers' computers.
Tim Wu, a law professor at Columbia University who helped coin the term "network neutrality," called the deal a "milestone" that "may even be remembered as an important moment in Internet history." He made the statement on SavetheInternet.com in a post that includes his detailed analysis of the network-neutrality provisions of the merger. –Andrea L. Foster
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