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Re: Network Neutrality Fans Lose on Capitol Hill
From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:25:06 +0100 (BST)
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Fergie wrote:
The beginning of the end for the telcos? Let the punditry begin! Via C|Net News. [snip] In a modest victory for broadband providers, a highly-anticipated bill in the U.S. Congress does not include specific rules saying that some Internet sites must not be favored over others. Rep. Joe Barton, a Texas Republican who heads the committee responsible for telecommunications legislation, released the text on Monday and said that a hearing had been scheduled for Thursday at 10 am ET.
I have trouble understanding this whole "controversy".
From what I can tell, vendors of bandwidth plan to charge different
customers different amounts for the product they sell. Everyone does this. Why shouldn't telcos? _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: Network Neutrality Fans Lose on Capitol Hill Stephen J. Smoogen (Mar 28)
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