Lawmakers Introduce New Net Neutrality Billdf
By GRANT GROSS
IDG News Service: May 8, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C40069388000257443006A5D55.html
Two Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would subject broadband providers to antitrust violations if they block or slow Internet traffic…Any ISPs that do not follow these net neutrality rules would be subject to antitrust enforcement…”The bill squarely addresses the issue of the enormous market power of the telephone and cable companies as the providers of 98 percent of the broadband service in the country. The bill restores the principle of nondiscrimination that allowed the Internet to flourish in the dial-up era, making certain that the same freedom and innovation will flourish in the broadband era without burdensome regulation.”…”Americans have come to expect the Internet to be open to everyone. The Internet was designed without centralized control, without gatekeepers for content and services. If we allow companies with monopoly or duopoly power to control how the Internet operates, network providers could have the power to choose what content is available.”
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