Network neutrality foes to label policy a 'job killer'

Broadband providers will send their chief executives to Capitol Hill next week to argue that network neutrality rules are not necessary and could hurt job creation. The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) will fly in the leaders of more than 15 companies to meet with House Commerce Committee leaders, including Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Rick Boucher (D-VA), the chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee, and members of the Federal Communications Commission. The CEOs will come from companies such as AltaCom, Tellabs and Alcatel-Lucent, among others. Jason Goldman, counsel for telecommunications and e-commerce for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said his group would be talking to many of the same folks, as well as reaching out to the grass roots. Marc-Anthony Signorino, director of technology policy for the National Association of Manufacturers, said they would be talking to stakeholders and "putting out good karma to the universe" on getting their way on the broadband issue.