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Broadband, Content Firms Clash Over Network Neutrality

A Reuters newswire article by Jeremy Pelofsky, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

High-speed Internet providers and Internet content companies clashed before lawmakers on Tuesday, in dispute over whether a law enshrining the right to surf anywhere on the Web would help or harm consumers.

Representatives of local telephone and cable companies that offer fast Internet access, known as broadband, said passing a new law could stymie innovation while companies like Google Inc. said that could happen without legislation.

Broadband providers have largely pledged that consumers will be able to access any Internet site. But some also said they may charge more for services that use faster private Internet networks, like downloading movies.

posted by Fergie @ 2/07/2006 01:59:00 PM