Republicans defeat Net neutrality proposal

[Nomad559]

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6058223.html?part=rss&tag=6058223&subj=news

A Republican-controlled House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Wednesday defeated a proposal that would have levied extensive regulations on broadband providers and forcibly prevented them from offering higher-speed video services to partners or affiliates.

By an 8-to-23 margin, the committee members rejected a Democratic-backed "Net neutrality" amendment to a current piece of telecommunications legislation. The amendment had attracted support from companies including Amazon.com, eBay, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, and their chief executives wrote a last-minute letter to the committee on Wednesday saying such a change to the legislation was "critical."

[wakeme2008]

1. Sounds like a lot of Dems voted against it too

:grr:

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. I like your avatar

Like mine, it would seem to be your reaction to the Current Regime. :hi:

[Salviati]

3. Well, what they need to do is simple...

If any telcos start to get too greedy and start trying to double bill for bandwidth, Amazon.com, eBay, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo simpley need to stop serving web pages to any of the clients of that telco. Slap up a big 40-your-ISP-is-a-bunch-of-jerkwads error, complete with a customer service number for the offending ISPs, and after about a brazillion calls, I'd be willing to bet that the telcos would go shrinking off with their tail between thier legs...