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The following are the latest developments in the realm of proposed legislation in the "net neutrality" issue...
I call this a 'conundrum' because so far there is so much mis-information, confustion and media lip service floating around that no one seems to really know what's going on.
I'll be carefully following the progress of this issue. Stay tuned. For my take on the issues so far, see my 60-Second Window #187
After the U.S. House of Representatives approved a controversial telecommunications bill last night and rejected an amendment that sought to keep large telephone or cable TV companies from controlling access to the Internet, supporters of that "Net neutrality" amendment vowed to fight on. Computerworld - USA
American politicians have blocked efforts to enshrine net neutrality in legislation and, "Some fear the decision will mean net providers start deciding on behalf of customers which websites and services they can visit and use," says the BBC p2pnet.net - Ontario,Canada
Net neutrality extremism and free markets don't mix - What the Net neutrality extremists don't want to do is debate the specific merits of the Markey amendment and I had a difficult time of getting any of the Markey proponents to address my specific question which is: Do we want to ban all forms of priority service. ZDNet - USA
US politicians have rejected attempts to enshrine the principle of net neutrality in legislation. Some fear the decision will mean net providers start deciding on behalf of customers which websites and services they can visit and use. The vote is a defeat for Google, eBay and Amazon which wanted the net neutrality principle protected by law. All three mounted vigorous lobbying campaigns prior to the vote in the House of Representatives. BBC NEWS
Last night, the House passed the video franchising/net neutrality bill. This is a debate rife with doublespeak, hijacked phrases and half-truths. Apparently, the phrase "net neutrality" started out meaning one thing, then got purloined by the folks who used it to mean the opposite. Here in Washington, you can't pick up a paper without seeing a bunch of full page ads -- from both sides -- about keeping the Internet free. Yeah, we're for that. Manufacturers' Blog - Washington,DC,USA
Legislative language to make the controversial concept of network neutrality the law of the land failed in the U.S. House of Representatives late Thursday night ... In an amendment to an otherwise widely supported telecom reform act, lawmakers rejected by a vote of 269-152 a measure to require broadband providers such as AT&T and Comcast to treat all Internet traffic in a nondiscriminatory price manner. InternetNews.com - USA
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in support of an amendment offered by Congressman Ed Markey of Massachusetts on Net Neutrality that would ensure that all consumers have equal access to the internet: TMCnet - USA
Farley reports that he questioned the group's strategy - the group apparently perceived him taking sides with them rather than against them, they disconnected him after he mentioned that he was an analyst rather than a media representative per se. SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
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