US proposes pay-for-priority Internet standards

Published April 24, 2014 9:06pm ET



LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s top telecoms regulator is proposing to allow a pay-for-priority fast lane on the Internet for movies, music and other services to get to people’s homes.

The proposed rules come after a federal appeals court struck down previous “net neutrality” rules designed to prevent Internet access providers such as Comcast from discriminating against certain traffic flowing to their customers.

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