Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 3:01am
NET NEUTRALITY DEBATE STILL SIMMERS
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache]
Thomas Tauke, Verizon Communications' top lobbyist, on Tuesday said the tussle over Net Neutrality laws may be the "oddest" Capitol Hill debate that he's ever experienced. The feud over whether to prohibit network operators from making deals to prioritize certain Internet content is puzzling because it "amounts to holding a congressional vote on hypothetical business plans," he said at a luncheon organized by the nonprofit Media Institute. "For consumers and the country, government regulation of this developing market is a lose-lose proposition," he said.
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