No Neutral Ground With Net Neutrality

NO NEUTRAL GROUND WITH NET NEUTRALITY
[SOURCE: Internetnews.com, AUTHOR: Roy Mark]
From a formal Senate hearing to backroom intrigue in the House to political theater starring musician Moby, the issue of network neutrality swirled around Capitol Hill Thursday. As National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow said, "This [net neutrality] is now the number one issue." Speaking at a Senate Commerce Committee on telecom legislation, McSlarrow called it a tough issue. "It's a fundamentally stark choice of some regulation of the Internet or no regulation of the Internet." In both the Senate and House telecom reform efforts, the question of discriminatory handling of network traffic would be left to the Federal Communications Commission. "If we don't get this right, we're going to have a lot of people in the slow lane," said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). She and other Democrats on the panel are expected to add net neutrality amendments to the Senate bill when it comes up for a committee vote in June.
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3607371

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http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php?id=134