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Game On For Net Neutrality

The FCC’s abrupt intervention last Friday into the quarrel between Apple and Google may have won more than a stay of execution for Google Voice; it may have heralded the beginning of a wide-ranging net neutrality movement in Washington of which Google has long been a proponent.

Although the timing was clearly coincidental (bills take weeks to draft and the FCC was moved to act on an event that took place earlier the same week), House Democrats Ed Markey and Anna Eshoo introduced the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009" (IFPA) on Thursday afternoon, a day before the FCC’s action.

If nothing else, IFPA answers detractors who claim net neutrality supporters can’t define net neutrality, and explicitly states why this legislation is necessary:

Posted by Michael Hickins

Full Story: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/08/game_on_for_net.html;jsessionid=4TVYBGPMZC3K5QE1GHPCKHWATMY32JVN

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