Rep Terry: Network Neutrality Supporters Hypocritical on International Net Regulation

Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) said while he is glad to see U.S. policy makers joining forces to oppose international efforts to regulate the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission's network neutrality rules undermine U.S. credibility on the issue.

"I think there is certain level of hypocrisy" among those who favor net neutrality rules while opposing efforts to regulate the Internet internationally, Rep. Terry, vice chairman of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, said during a roundtable discussion sponsored by the Phoenix Center. Rep Terry, however, was quick to note that he and other Republicans refrained from bringing up net neutrality during a hearing last week on Internet governance before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee in order to present a unified front on the issue to the rest of the world.