Shocker: Telecom Industry Groups Declare War on Net Neutrality Bill
Kenneth Corbin writes on internetnews.com:
Telecommunications industry groups have attacked a new bill calling for government regulators to take a closer look at how broadband providers manage their networks.More here.
The Internet Freedom Preservation Act, introduced earlier this week by Rep. Ed Markey, the Democratic chairman of the House subcommittee on telecommunication and the Internet, could make it illegal for service providers to block or degrade traffic on their networks.
Its introduction revisits the contentious debate over Net neutrality, which has industry groups championing the free market and warning that government intervention threatens to choke off growth and innovation in the Internet economy.
posted by Fergie @ 2/14/2008 05:50:00 PM
1 Comments:
These criminals in the telcom industry (remember, they violated the law and are trying to get congress to say it was OK) never cease to amaze - they remind me of my power company, which is screaming for rate increases "or else we won't make any money and your service will degrade" when actually they continue to post record profits year after year. My power company doesn't need higher rates, and the telcos don't need to screw up the internet in order to continue to rake in big bucks.
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