By Cecilia Kang | Washington Post | Tues. Sep. 22, 2009 :
The agency would be the “smart cop on the beat,” Genachowski said in a speech, outlining a plan to prohibit Internet service providers from blocking or slowing certain technologies and content on their networks. The chairman proposed that firms be required to make public the steps they are taking to control Web traffic.
To view Genachowski speech 9/21/2009 at Brookings here
Download original text of his speech here
The proposal raised concerns among several providers, which said the regulation could hurt their business by limiting their ability to manage their networks.