Pro-Net Neutrality Senators Rally Around Genachowski's Proposal

Sen Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and 10 other senators wrote Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski a letter saying that they are pleased the FCC is launching the proposed rulemaking on Network Neutrality, but also said they supported an extended comment period with time for all sides to provide their input. "We believe that this is the path toward guaranteeing that consumers will hold ultimate control over the content they send and receive over the Internet and that the Internet will remain open and free for everyone who uses it." They point out that the FCC has "rightly" treated the Internet with a light regulatory hand. But they also add that the FCC's enforcement of its four Internet openness guidelines has been challenged (Comcast challenged the BitTorrent decision).