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Washington Post: House Working on Net Neutrality Bill

By james_fudge

The Washington Post reports that lawmakers are close to producing legislation on net neutrality. Earlier this year several lawmakers sent a letter to the FCC asking them to slow down on reclassifying broadband and mobile under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.

The House Commerce committee is apparently crafting net neutrality legislation that would enable the FCC to enforce existing guidelines for two years, but leave out some key provisions that both net neutrality proponents and telecom companies have asked for. Democratic and Republican staff members have been in talks for weeks on the bill, according to the Washington Post, and are focusing on "four open Internet principles." What those principles are the paper does not say, but one thing that may be off the table is paid managed services. Another is mobile services.

It sounds like the bill is easily passed by the House and Senate because it appeals to both Democrats and Republicans. The problem is that it sounds watered down. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on September 22, 2010 (boomark / email).