Strategies For Telecom, 'Network Neutrality' Emerge

STRATEGIES FOR TELECOM, 'NET NEUTRALITY EMERGE
[SOURCE: Technology Daily, AUTHOR: David Hatch]
The Senate Commerce Committee confirmed that Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) will pursue a series of small, targeted telecommunications bills and not sweeping legislation. Some Capitol Hill sources suggested that Chairman Inouye is taking the approach to avoid the controversy that stalled efforts by Sen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), last year's chairman, to pass a major telecom bill. But another observer said Chairman Inouye prefers the agility of the targeted approach as a way to move quickly on urgent matters. Meanwhile, there are rumblings that Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) is quietly planning a series of "educational" and "exploratory" hearings on network neutrality. The move could set the stage for a renewed effort by Democrats to regulate high-speed Internet services offered by telecom and cable giants.
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