The popular site Craigslist, Twitter and Facebook have expressed support for an open structure for the Internet that will be revealed by the regulatory authorities of the United States this week.

They are part of a group of two dozen technology companies, including Google and Amazon.com, who wrote a letter to the chairman of the Federal Communications in support of a proposal from the organization that restrict the right of network operators to favor certain types of content, both online platforms and open.

The board of the FCC, made up of three Democrats and two Republicans, must vote on Thursday on how to submit formal proposals on the so-called “net neutrality”.

Advocates of net neutrality argue that ISPs need to be prevented from blocking or slowing traffic on the basis of content-related, because some forms of content generates more revenue than others.

But the providers argue that the growing volume of services that occupy too much bandwidth, such as video files, require active measures for the administration of their networks. A final decision on network neutrality should not occur before the second quarter of next year, after an extended period for public comments.

LinkedIn, EchoStar, Skype (owned by eBay) and TiVo are also signatories of the letter.

Several Democratic and Republican lawmakers, including the group of black leaders of Congress, urged Julius Genachowski Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the FCC, to act cautiously.

Via: WSJ.