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Lawmakers Urge FCC to Move Forward on Net Neutrality

By james_fudge

Four lawmakers have written to the Federal Communications Commission this week urging it to act on the issue of net neutrality regulation - inspired by Google's and Verizon's proposal last week. All four are Democrats who serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet. The group wrote to the FCC asking it to "take action to preserve the free, open nature of the Internet".

The letter goes on to point out that the Google-Verizon proposal might make "certain Internet content" "prioritized," which they say is a grave threat to the "principles of net neutrality." The group, lead by Ed Markey (D - MA), includes Anna Eshoo (D - CA), Mike Doyle (D - PA), and Jay Inslee (D - WA).

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 17, 2010 (boomark / email).