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U.S. regulators new net neutrality rules should classify Internet providers more like public utilities to prevent them from potentially slowing users access to some Web content, the New York Times said in an editorial in Thursdays newspaper. The statement comes as the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to set the new rules, which would regulate how Internet service providers, or ISPs, manage traffic on their networks. The FCC is now collecting public comment on the rules it tentatively proposed in May, which the New York Times called troubling. While prohibiting ISPs from blocking any content, the proposal suggested allowing some commercially reasonable deals where content companies, such as Netflix Inc or Amazon.com Inc, could pay ISPs, such as Comcast Corp or Verizon Communications Inc, to ensure smooth and fast delivery of their Web traffic.