Fwd: Wyden bill seeks to protect internet access

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" Network operators would be barred from blocking or degrading Internet

connections and favoring those of companies that pay for peppier access,

according to a Senate bill introduced Thursday.

 

" Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said his measure will foster 'equal

treatment' for all Internet content and dispel worries that

telecommunications providers will play favorites in the future.

 

" Because Wyden's proposal represents the most aggressive legislative

attempt to dictate what kind of Internet services are permissible or not,

it's likely to provoke a political spat between proponents of so-called

'network neutrality' and the traditionally influential telecommunications

industry. Executives at Verizon Communications, BellSouth and the newly

merged AT & T and SBC Communications have recently talked about the

desirability of a two-tiered Internet in which some services--especially

video--would be favored over others. "

 

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