" Action urged to keep net neutral"

BBC News provides a report from the recent Stanford University hearing on Net Neutrality.

Tough action is required by US regulators to protect the principles that have made the net so successful, a leading digital rights lawyer has said.

Professor Lawrence Lessig was speaking at a public meeting to debate the tactics some net firms use to manage data traffic at busy times.

He said the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) should act to keep all net traffic flowing equally.

A streaming video of Lessig's testimony is available on his blog.