Sigh. Another defeat for network neutrality. God bless Senator Olympia Snowe, the only Republican to vote for it. I realize Republicans are for less regulation, but if they want to truely be pro-business - as in fostering competion and innovation - they should have embraced net neutrality. I guess telco money speaks louder than the voices of the people.
"The committee rejected an amendment by Sens. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., that would prohibit phone and cable companies from limiting access to their high-speed Internet networks based on site content or financial arrangements. The vote was 11-11, and ties defeat proposed amendments. Supporters argued that service providers could give preferential treatment to business partners or use pricing and access limits to discriminate between Web sites and other Internet users.
'What's at stake is the Internet in the 21st century,' said Snowe, the only Republican to vote for the amendment. 'This is the preservation of digital democracy.'"
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