Dems try again on 'Net Neutrality
NetworkWorld.com, 05/05/06
After failing to add a provision to a telecommunications reform bill, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill aimed at preventing broadband carriers from discriminating against competing Web content or services.
IDG News Service's Grant Gross reports that the bill would create a 'Net neutrality law banning phone and cable companies from charging Web sites for faster data transmission, or blocking their online competitors' content and services. The Democrats' amendment failed, on a vote of 34-22, largely along party lines, when the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a wide-ranging telecom reform bill two weeks ago.
-- Jim Duffy
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