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Net Neutrality is the ‘toughest issue’ in the US Senate’s telecommunications bill
The original appearance of this entry was in Danny Weitzner - Open Internet Policy
According to Reuters, the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee has said that ‘Net Neutrality’ is the toughest issue facing Senators, and that there is not yet sufficient support in the Senate for the bill that Stevens has proposed. ‘Net Neutrality’ will be the subject of committee votes tomorrow with various proposals being offered for the committee to consider.
Sens. Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican, and Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, plan to offer an amendment that would prevent broadband providers from giving priority to any individual company’s content. Snowe said that the debate would likely spill out of the committee and on to the Senate floor. “It won’t be the end of it, it will be the beginning,” she said.
The contention about the issue is, I believe, a positive sign. The committee has recognized that this a high priority but nonetheless complex issue.
