FCC swamped with last-minute comments on net neutrality
Source: Computerworld
The agency has received 677,000 comments on its proposed net neutrality rules
July 15, 2014 02:22 PM ET
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Web comments form crashed Tuesday morning in the hours before the agency's first deadline for submitting comments on its net neutrality proposal.
The FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) was generating an error message at 10:15 a.m. EST Tuesday, the last day for first-round comments on the agency's proposed net neutrality rules. The deadline for first-round comments is 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, with a 60-day round for replies to the original comments to follow.
The FCC, on Tuesday afternoon, extended the first-round deadline to file comments until Friday, due to problems with the ECFS.
"Not surprisingly, we have seen an overwhelming surge in traffic on our website that is making it difficult for many people to file comments," FCC Press Secretary Kim Hart said by email. "Please be assured that the commission is aware of these issues and is committed to making sure that everyone trying to submit comments will have their views entered into the record."
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