Groups Protest Lack of Net Neutrality in New Bill
Grant Gross writes on InfoWorld:
A new telecommunications reform bill in the U.S. Congress would kill the Internet because it does not protect users against decisions by broadband providers to discriminate against some types of Internet traffic, consumer advocacy groups said Tuesday.More here.
The draft bill, released late Monday by the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, would gut so-called net neutrality rules prohibiting large broadband providers from blocking or slowing access to Web content and services from competitors, the advocates said. The House committee included net neutrality provisions in earlier drafts.
"This really is a gigantic step backwards, and if enacted, would lead to the death of the Internet," said Earl Comstock, president and chief executive officer of CompTel, a trade group representing small telecom carriers.
posted by Fergie @ 3/28/2006 12:03:00 PM
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"A new telecommunications reform bill in the U.S. Congress would kill the Internet..."
So now the internet is being killed? THIS is why the net neutrality proponents never had a chance to prevail! This kind of alarmist claptrap has turned the public against the "ponytails and sandals" set, no doubt.
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