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Net Neutrality Faces Uphill Battle in New Congress

By james_fudge

AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are going to have an easier time blocking Internet and wireless service regulations with Republicans in charge of the U.S. House, analysts tell Bloomberg. Even before the mid-term blood bath, Republicans had warned Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski that they did not like his proposed net neutrality rules.

While the FCC passed on commenting on this story, Free Press told the publication that the FCC should push forward.

Joel Kelsey, a policy analyst with the Washington-based advocacy group Free Press said that Genachowski should move ahead to pass strong net neutrality rules. Of course, some sort of net neutrality rules from Congress may still have a shot of being passed in the lame duck session, but such a bill would face scrutiny in January when the new Congress is seated. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on November 05, 2010 (boomark / email).