[IP] Excellent bit of telecom / tech policy sneaks onto HB789 in the Texas Senate
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From: Adina Levin <alevin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 27, 2005 11:51:26 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Excellent bit of telecom / tech policy sneaks onto HB789 in
the Texas Senate
Here is a tip about a superb piece of technology policy that was
added as an amendment to HB789, a telecom deregulation bill, on the
Texas Senate Floor. (This is the bill where the House version
includes, and the Senate version omits, a ban on city-supported
internet services).
Amendment #3 by Senator Estes prohibits carriers from blocking third-
party internet services. The amendment does not ban optional
filtering services.
Some internet service providers have started to block third-party
internet telephony services: http://advancedippipeline.com/60400413
As the incumbent phone and cable companies roll out more bundled
internet, telephone, video, and other services, it will be
increasingly tempting for them to use their control over the wire to
start to assert control over the free market for third-party internet
services.
This amendment helps to preserve the innovative free market for third-
party internet services.
We hope it survives the Texas conference committee process, and
spreads elsewhere.
http://savemuniwireless.org/blog/000896.html
- Adina
Adina Levin
SaveMuniWireless.org
EFF-Austin
512-632-6829
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