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The following are the latest developments in the realm of proposed legislation in the "net neutrality" issue...
The US House of Representatives definitively rejected the concept of Net neutrality on Thursday, dealing a bitter blow to Internet companies like Amazon.com Hammer of Truth - USA
I'm sure that there's a lot of libertarians of every stripe that are probably happy that Net neutrality provisions were defeated by the House Republicans. Jurnalo - Berlin, Germany
Now, a third-party has stepped in with a proposal that may have gained attention too late to be of help. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a public policy lobbying group and think tank has an aggressively pro-innovation position (Download the PDF) and tries to remain politically neutral with strong membership from both Democratic and Republican parties. VoIP News - San Francisco, CA, USA
... doomed to a slow connection. Net Neutrality wants to ensure that all sites get equal treatment. Check out who voted for what in each state. If you are FOR net neutrality and someone in your state voted NO, than I suggest not voting for them next election season. ProgressiveU.org - San Mateo, CA, USA
In an attempt to illuminate potential deficiencies of net neutrality legislation, US Representative Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) has proposed a telecommunications bill amendment that would extend the concept of net neutrality to search engines and commercial web sites like Google and eBay, forbidding them from engaging in discriminatory practices. A critic of net neutrality legislation, Gonzales argues that net neutrality would lead to "massive federal regulation by mandating conditions on how the Internet will evolve." Ars Technica - Boston, MA, USA
In response, groups sponsored by the communications companies which say the Internet should not be regulated, such as the Hands Off Our Internet body, describe the arguments from supporters of Net neutrality as 'scare tactics more appropriate to the current remake of 'The Omen'.
* Hands Off Our Internet
* It's Our Internet
* Presentation handouts: Handout 1 (PDF), Handout 2 (PDF), Handout 3 (DOC), and Handout 4 (DOC). PC Pro - London, UK
Act II of the network neutrality saga opens today on Capitol Hill with possible compromise on the issue in the air. -- Staff members from the Republican and Democratic side of the Commerce aisle met with reporters yesterday and predicted compromise language was in the making on current bills, but declined to reveal any more details. InternetNews.com - USA
Telecommunications Company Pressures Employees To Lobby Against Net Neutrality CIO - Framingham, MA, USA
WASHINGTON--The political tussle over Net neutrality shifted back to the Senate's turf Tuesday, taking center stage at the last public hearing CNET News.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
After being shot down in the House of Representatives, the battle to get Net Neutrality provisions on the books moves to an equally unsettled Senate. Von Magazine - USA
Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott will testify today on behalf of Free Press, Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation at a hearing on the Communications, Consumer's Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006 (S. 2686). Common Dreams (press release) - Portland, ME, USA
... The Post Crescent came out strongly in favor of Net Neutrality. Today, the Capital Times has stepped up with this editorial Dane101 - Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Backers of a so-called net neutrality law seem to want a return to old regulations, said Senator Ted Stevens, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science ITworld.com - Southboro, MA, USA
... appear to have made little progress resolving one of the most contentious issues in new telecom legislation: whether to impose net neutrality provisions that Washington Post - United States
... "I believe we'll have a similar vote on the floor of the Senate on `net neutrality,' " said Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, chairman San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Two separate editorials from DC newspapers both oppose net neutrality efforts -- and yet, both seem to be filled with outright lies or misleading half-truths. Techdirt - USA
The political tussle over net neutrality shifted back to the Senate's turf on Tuesday, taking centre stage at the last public hearing ZDNet UK - UK
p2p news / p2pnet: When it comes to Net neutrality, there's nothing neutral about it, especially online, say The Wall Street Journal's Dionne Searcey p2pnet.net - Ontario, Canada
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