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U.S. Senate Wants Probe on ISP Content Blocking

An AP newswire article by Dibya Sarkar, via The Globe and Mail, reports that:

Two U.S. Senators on Friday called for a congressional hearing to investigate reports that phone and cable companies are unfairly stifling communications over the Internet and on cellphones.

Byron Dorgan and Olympia Snowe said the incidents involving several companies, including Comcast Corp., Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc., have raised serious concerns over the companies' "power to discriminate against content."

They want the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to investigate whether such incidents were based on legitimate business policies or unfair and anticompetitive practices and if more federal regulation is needed.

posted by Fergie @ 10/26/2007 05:48:00 PM