Cable, Telco Pledge Not To Block 'Net

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Representatives of the major telco and cable trade associations pledged to the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday that they would not "block, degrade, or impair" Internet services or applications or limit access by their Internet customers to legal content on the Internet. But they also argued that if the Congress mandates network neutrality--nondiscrimination in access to their networks by independent Internet service providers--it will sour Wall Street on investing in continued network build-outs and innovation in services. Everyone, senators and witnesses alike, seemed to agree that the ability to access Internet content should not be dictated by a consumer's choice of ISP, but whether Congress should mandate that through network neutrality was the $100 billion issue.
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