Level 3 Communications Issues Comment on FCC Net Neutrality Ruling (LVLT)

BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Level 3 Communications, Inc. LVLT today issued the following statement, which can be attributed to John Ryan, Assistant Chief Legal Officer of Level 3 Communications, Inc.: “Level 3 applauds the landmark ruling by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) setting rules that assure that consumers continue to have unfettered access to the Internet content they want. The objective of the Commission's order is clear -- a call for no impediments to an open Internet. The FCC's rule against blocking content, combined with its rule calling for no unreasonable discrimination, make clear its intent that broadband providers cannot serve as gatekeepers to companies providing competing content, services or applications to those providers' customers. “We look forward to working with Chairman Genachowski and with the other Commissioners and staff to assure that the Internet remains open – open to innovation, open to competition, and open to consumer choice. We are confident that, over time, the Commission can implement these rules in a way that preserves Internet openness and protects competition, without unreasonably regulating the Internet.”