Republicans seek study before FCC acts on Network Neutrality

Twenty House Republicans wrote Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski asking the FCC to conduct a market analysis before proposing Network neutrality rules. They want to know if the agency will be examining networks, services, consumer electronics equipment, applications, as well as cable, wireline, wireless, satellite and broadband to determine if a rules to maintain an open Internet are necessary. Chairman Genachowski has tentatively set October 22 as the date the FCC will launch a rulemaking proceeding on policies to preserve the free and open Internet. Gigi Sohn, head of the Public Knowledge advocacy group, called the letter "another attempt at a delaying tactic by those who favor big telecom and cable companies over competition and innovation."