Open Internet Coalition Opens New Network-Neutrality Front

OPEN INTERNET COALITION OPENS NEW NETWORK-NEUTRALITY FRONT
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The network-neutrality issue is raising its hydra-head once again, at least if some big-name Internet companies have anything to do with it. The Open Internet Coalition asked House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) to hold hearings on what it said are recent "patterns of anti-consumer activities" by telephone and cable companies. In a letter to Chairman Dingell, the coalition -- which includes Google, eBay, YouTube, TiVo, EarthLink and Public Knowledge, although no longer Microsoft, Yahoo and some other big names -- said those actions call into question network arguments "that rules to protect consumers and preserve an open and interconnected Internet are unnecessary or unlawful."
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